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October 14, 2012

United States
TWE Remembers: Maj. Richard Heyser Flies a U-2 Over Cuba

The U-2 is a remarkable plane. It can fly at altitudes above 70,000 feet for hours at a time, and it gave the United States an intelligence advantage from the moment it became operational in 1956. (T…

A CIA chart of "reconnaissance objectives in Cuba," dated October 5, 1962. (Dino A. Brugioni Collection, The National Security Archive, Washington, DC)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 27, 2024

Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind

Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are real. And the truth about them is often hidden from the public, for reasons related to national security. That secrecy has fed conspiracy theories about the pos…

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Philippe Ailleris, Shane Harris, and Kai-Uwe Schrogl Why It Matters

March 10, 2011

The World Next Week: A No-Fly Zone for Libya?

U.S. Navy FA-18 fighters would likely be used in any U.S. effort to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. (KYODO Kyodo/courtesy Reuters) The podcast for The World Next Week is up. Bob McMahon and I talke…

U.S. Navy F-18 fighters would likely be used in any U.S. effort to impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 16, 2013

International Organizations
There’s a Fly in My Soup! Can Insects Satisfy World Food Needs?

What world traveler hasn’t declined at least one local “delicacy”? A decade ago in Oaxaca, Mexico, I turned up my nose at chapulines, a steaming plate of toasted grasshoppers. “Tastes like chicken,” …

Locusts and worms are seen on a spoon after being cooked with olive oil for a discovery lunch in Brussels
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

January 6, 2012

You Might Have Missed: Special Operations, Drones, and a No-Fly Zone on the Moon

- Kimberly Dozier, “Spec-Ops troops study to be part-spy, part-gumshoe,” Miami Herald, January 3, 2012. Major General Bennet Sacolick said he was shocked at how piecemeal intelligence gathering and …

Strait of Hormuz
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

November 22, 2011

Defense and Security
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Perry Backs No-Fly Zone over Syria

Texas Governor Rick Perry makes a point during the South Carolina Republican party presidential debate on November 12, 2011. (Chris Keane/courtesy Reuters) The GOP presidential candidates meet tonig…

Campaign 2012 Roundup: Perry Backs No-Fly Zone over Syria
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge