Milstack Saturday (24 May 2025)
The best of what I read (or watched) in the past week
I don’t believe that Pakistan's Cheap Chinese J-10C Fighter Jet Has Re-written The Rules of Air Combat. Rather, if I am not too badly mistaken, the plane benefits from fidelity to time-honored design practices, chief of which is ‘fly before you buy’.
I applaud the choice, made by Don Vandergriff, of John F. Schmitt as Reformer of the Week. The best way to learn about Major Schmitt is to play through some of the problems he posts on ShadowBox Decision Games. Failing that, you can read the following article …
I also endorse the observation at the heart of Commander Salamander’s piece on the use of littoral combat ships to patrol America’s southern border, in which My Favorite AmphibianTM notices that, despite the best laid plans o’ mice and men, vessels optimized for one purpose end up being used for another.
Finally, I shout a loud ‘oorah’ for the section of the most recent video from Cappy’s Army that describes the sideways pontoon bridge that promises to increase the choice of shorelines available to landing forces. (The good stuff starts at the one minute mark.) (YouTube)
