2009/03/22

Reviewing this blog

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This blog exists since late May 2007 - it started slowly and in secret, I told others about it only months later and wasn't blogging very much till August 2008 when I wrote more than ten texts in a month for the first time due to the South Ossetia War.

I still like pretty much all my texts, but I feel that some are especially noteworthy. About 90% of my texts are rather timeless - they could have been published years earlier or years later. It's thus a pity that new readers will likely not read most of the earlier texts.


This is a list of my favourites, texts that I believe should be read
(even more so than the others):

2009/03/12
European naval power requirements (for defence)
What kind of naval power is really required to DEFEND Europe?

2009/02/25
The extent of the economical problem - because some don't get it
The mass media tells you only about symptoms, not about the structural sickness.

2009/02/14
Fact check: Military hardware novelty
It's been around for decades, and you could sell it as new if you colorize the photos.

2009/02/04
Active Protection Suites (for AFV): state of the art
An overview that fixes the incomplete information about APS in English publications.

2008/12/17
The American Way of War (tm)
To throw resources at a problem is no art.

2008/10/31
The credibility of nuclear umbrellas
Cold War expectations might be outdated.

2008/10/23
Excursion: The economic crisis in the USA
It's not just the banks, it's about trade as well!

2008/08/21
The success story of hard kill defences
It's a trend that extends to armies now.

2008/08/07
Geostrategy: Most interesting country in the world
Others would go nuts if they lived in such a pivot.

2008/07/18
Industrial power
Times have changed.

2008/05/22
Technology creeps according to patterns
Patterns - an aid to look into the future.

2008/04/21
Are we clueless about modern conventional warfare?
Yes, we are.

2008/04/09
Reasoning about the Afghanistan war (commitment)
Why exactly are we fighting there?

2008/03/17
Shocking shipbuilding industry
It's not where most expect it to be.

2007/09/19
Addendum: Feasibility of an intercept vs. captured passenger plane in Germany
Our politicians had a bogus debate.

2007/07/27
Sustainability of military power
Not really sustainable and the present level.

2007/07/17
War or not war? Victory or defeat?
When should war be waged?


Sven Ortmann
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