Tag Archives: AirSeaBattle

1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; (Part 11+) – “Why Is China’s Navy Studying the Battle of Guadalcanal?”

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #13 Part 11+ The National Interest magazine recently published Why Is China’s Navy Studying the Battle of Guadalcanal? by Lyle J. Goldstein a research professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College … Continue reading →

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FIGHT FIGHT – Book Recommendation

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Ed

Highest recommendation for Kevin Miller’s (CAPT. USN, Ret) newest novel Fight Fight. I was going to do a normal “book review”/recommendation but decided to just leverage my comments to Kevin along with  his response instead. I had done a recommendation on … Continue reading →

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Thinking Airpower in Context: American War in Seven Charts

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #9  Seven Charts That Help Explain American War How Many Years In Its History Has America Been at War? Where Has America Fought? Why Has America Fought? How Does America Fight ? Who Are America’s Formal Defense Partners? … Continue reading →

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Airpower, Elephants and Such (Part 3)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #8 (Part 3/3) Continuing from Part 1 & 2 – the “something new” Airpower Application and 5th Generation Aircraft The term “fifth-generation aircraft” is part of the problem facing the future of airpower. The usage of the term … Continue reading →

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Airpower, Elephants and Such (Part 2)

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #8 (Part 2/3) Continuing from Part 1 – drilling down To make reasonable decisions in regard to analysis of future airpower, and also how implementation of emerging technical and derivative tactical concepts plays into the application of airpower, one … Continue reading →

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Airpower, Elephants, Fallacies, Bonfires, Something Old, Something New

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #8 (Part 1/3) Airpower characteristics itemizes strictly enduring physical features: speed, reach, height, and as a consequence ubiquity, agility, and concentration. A relatively high technological focus by air forces is inevitable, necessary, and indeed desirable. But the … Continue reading →

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Users’ Guide Part 2 – Tools

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #7 (Part 2) … We will use this scheme of pulling things apart (analysis) and putting them back together (synthesis) in new combinations to find how apparently unrelated ideas and actions can be related to one another.     Boyd Part … Continue reading →

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Users’ Guide for Building A Blown Slick “Snowmobile”

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #7 (Part 1) To discern what is going on we must interact in a variety of ways with our environment. In other words We must be able to examine the world from a number of perspectives so … Continue reading →

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“It’s Only Reading If You Do It”

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #6 It is a true statement but not an indictment, that the fleets of the world never had a formal requirement for an airplane, or a submarine, or a communications satellite. Instead, in all cases, a debate … Continue reading →

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BLOWN SLICK – Light Attack Fast Pursuit; Airpower Analysis by Boris

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series#4 “… it has been decades since the last significant contribution to airpower theory. Given the shifting character of war and rapid technological change, a solid modern airpower theory will be required for the West to achieve strategic … Continue reading →

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