Issue 1

Contents

• NATO's submarine force: the submarine weapon debacle in the Old Continent
• The American Third Offset Strategy: prelude to a new Military Revolution?
• The Battle for CIMIC House I: British troops against Muqtada al Sadr's militias
• The Xian Y-20 transport plane: the real Chinese Revolution
• VCR 8×8 program: between necessity and uncertainty
• The Second Nuclear Age: towards the worrying end of the nuclear balance
• Amphibious Operation I: phases and execution of one of the most complex military maneuvers
• Jamaat Nasr al Islam Wal Muslimin: the most powerful terrorist group in the Sahel
• Cruise ship security: terrorists, pirates and drug traffickers threaten a booming sector
• Review: Introduction to Strategy (General Beaufre)