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	<title>Opposed Systems Design</title>
	<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com</link>
	<description>Strategy, Systems Thinking and Military Affairs.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Navy Stops DDG-1000 Class at 2</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/23/navy-stops-ddg-1000-class-at-2/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/23/navy-stops-ddg-1000-class-at-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Acquisitions</category>
	<category>Submarines</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/23/navy-stops-ddg-1000-class-at-2/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	According to Sen. Collins, the Navy has decided to stop the Zumwalt destroyer production run at 2. [1]  In a move similar to the limiting of the Seawolf class to 3 boats, the Navy has judged the DDG-1000 to simply be too expensive.  
	[1] Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2008, Pg. 4, &#8220;Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McMasters Makes BG</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/mcmasters-makes-bg/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/mcmasters-makes-bg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Army</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/mcmasters-makes-bg/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Looks like this year is different from last year.  The promotions board selected Col. McMaster for brigadier general (pending Senate confirmation). [1]
	Also on the list are colonels Sean B. McFarland, Kenneth E. Tovo, and Edward P. Donnelly Jr.
	You get the behavior you reward.
	[1] CQ Weekly, July 21, 2008, Pg. 1953, &#8220;Army Promotes New Brand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UAVs and the Force Mix Question</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/uavs-and-the-force-mix-question/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/uavs-and-the-force-mix-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Acquisitions</category>
	<category>Air Force</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/uavs-and-the-force-mix-question/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The typical [MQ-9] Reaper system consists of four air vehicles, a ground control station, communication equipment, spares and personnel. Its per-unit cost of $53.5 million [in FY2006 $] covers the cost of four aircraft with sensors. The crew consists of one pilot and one sensor operator.[1]
Compare that to a $83 million flyaway unit cost for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deja Vu</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/deja-vu/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/deja-vu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>History</category>
	<category>Russia</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/22/deja-vu/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Russia may be contemplating deploying nuclear-capable long-range bombers to Cuba as a counter to the proposed US ballistic missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic [1].
	Yes, I think I&#8217;ve seen this one before.
	This is largely a posturing move, since Russian Tu-95 and Tu-160 long-range bombers can already reach the US from Russian bases.
	[1] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The war over the next</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/21/the-war-over-the-next/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/21/the-war-over-the-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Strategy</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/21/the-war-over-the-next/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	An LA Times article [1] today discusses the ongoing DoD debate over how to balance America&#8217;s national security investment portfolio.
	MG Gen. Charles Dunlap argues that &#8220;We need the bulk of the Army prepared to go toe-to-toe with the heaviest combat formations our adversaries can field [empasis added]&#8221; while others such as Gen. James Mattis argue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jomini&#8217;s Ghost</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/jominis-ghost/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/jominis-ghost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Strategy</category>
	<category>Reading</category>
	<category>History</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/jominis-ghost/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Army Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, while discussing the need for a BRAC for general officers, argues that 
	the balance of power between the military and the civilians appointed over the military [after the Civil War] seems to have shifted slightly. The easy referent authority Lincoln enjoyed no longer could be taken for granted. Generals were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSM Increasingly Gets SysAdmin</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/msm-increasingly-gets-sysadmin/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/msm-increasingly-gets-sysadmin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>SysAdmin</category>
	<category>OEF</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/msm-increasingly-gets-sysadmin/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	A WSJ article on OEF gives a great description of what SysAdmin missions involve:
To win [in Afghanistan], soldiers &#8212; especially commanders &#8212; need skills that go well beyond good tactics and good aim; they must also blend the street smarts of a beat cop with the sensitivity of a social worker, the cultural awareness of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying the Friendly Skies</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/flying-the-friendly-skies/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/flying-the-friendly-skies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Air Force</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/flying-the-friendly-skies/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	A front page story in today&#8217;s WaPo discusses an Air Force program to build luxury capsules for ferrying military and civilian VIPs aboard military aircraft.  This is not, decidedly, what the Air Force wants to be talking about, especially after its all too public tensions with Secretary Gates over its role in current operations.
	Air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Assessments</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/17/global-assessments/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/17/global-assessments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Decisionmaking</category>
	<category>Data</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/17/global-assessments/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	For some work I&#8217;m gathering some data and I figured I&#8217;d post some ongoing sources.
	Failed State Index 2008
Freedom House Freedom in the World 2008
Global Peace Index 2008
Global Corruption Barometer 2007
]]></description>
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		<title>Bolton Argues to Strike Now, Strategize Later</title>
		<link>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/15/bolton-argues-to-strike-now-strategize-later/</link>
		<comments>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/15/bolton-argues-to-strike-now-strategize-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiggins</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Iran</category>
		<guid>http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/07/15/bolton-argues-to-strike-now-strategize-later/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Former Ambassador John Bolton makes the case for striking Iran on the op-ed page of today&#8217;s WSJ.
That is why Israel is now at an urgent decision point: whether to use targeted military force to break Iran&#8217;s indigenous control over the nuclear fuel cycle at one or more critical points. If successful, such highly risky and [...]]]></description>
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