Retired IDF Brigadier General Gal Hirsh wrote about what he calls the “Second Revolution in Military Affairs,” the development of C6ISR units. “C6ISR” stands for “Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Cyber, Commando, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance.” Although Hirsh said that C6ISR units would BE developed and only as an interim phase, it’s clear that they already exist,…
Russia throws Iran under the bus
October 9, 2015
The phrase “thrown under the bus” likely has its origins in minor-league baseball, according to William Safire. Players were bused to “away games.” In fact, its original meaning could be have been quite literal: be on time for the bus, or you will be thrown underneath it, into the storage bays. He says the metaphor…