Know Your Enemy/Know Your Gear

I spent the entire weekend slacking off, and boy did it feel good. Unfortunately, it means that I'll be up late trying to get some legitimate work done on this paper; a twenty pager is far more than twice as difficult as a ten pager. I'll make this post, and then finish watching The Punisher while I work on the paper. In the meantime, I'll leave you with a few pieces of supplemental reading.

This first piece is Usama bin Laden in his own words. It consists of a Q&A session transcript where bin Laden answers questions from some of his terrorist worker bees. It's followed by a subsequent interview by an ABC News reporter.

This is an in-depth Christian Science Monitor article about Mullah Mohammad Omar, former leader of the Taliban. This is an interview with Mullah Omar from September of 2001. This is a subsequent BBC interview of Mullah Omar during November of 2001. Combined, they're a good case study of the Islamofascist mindset.

Warfighting excellence comes from more than just knowing one's enemy; knowing one's equipment and understanding the reason for its design and employment is another crucial element of that excellence. Here's a tour of some of the Navy/Marine Corps team's newest test gear and future development concepts.

* DD 21/DDX
* Littoral Combat Ship
* Guided Missile Submarine
* High Speed Vessel

Enjoy. See you tomorrow.