Author Archives: halberenson

With the news that the U.S. will now send a small number of ATACMS to Ukraine, and of course over a year of asking why we haven’t sent them, I thought I’d do a little analysis of the numbers we … Continue reading →

So many questions I see display an incredible lack of understanding of the structure of the United States of America and its constitution. So how can this be explained simply? I’ll try. Coming out of the Revolution you had 13 … Continue reading →

One of the more interesting changes in the FY22 Defense Budget proposal is the U.S. Navy’s cancellation of the JSOW-ER powered glide bomb (nee, cruise missile) and its adoption of the JASSM-ER cruise missile instead. There is, not surprisingly, very … Continue reading →

When I read statements about, well just about everything, I do mind experiments to try to better understand what I’m reading. The controversy over the F-35’s operating costs are a perfect example. Not so much the current numbers, but even … Continue reading →

With multiple Covid-19 vaccines now approved having received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), and with others on the way, two big questions keep resurfacing. One is on the prioritization of who should be offered the vaccines first, the other is about … Continue reading →