Daily Archives: Dec 7, 2025

Charles Mitchell

Ford CEO Warns AI Boom Faces 1.5M Skilled Trade Gap Threat

Can a $4.8 trillion AI fantasy be constructed without the hands to wire it? Ford CEO Jim Farley's warning has highlighted a crisis that has the potential to halt America's AI infrastructure plans before they ever leave the drawing board. "I believe the intent is there but there's nothing...
Charles Mitchell

Inside the Engineering and Policy Missteps That Shrunk the F-22 Fleet

The decision to stop F-22 Raptor production at less than 200 aircraft has been one of the most closely watched procurement decisions in recent U.S. military history. As now-retired Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley once noted, "Find me an airplane out there right now that costs...
Charles Mitchell

7 Ways Russia’s Minefields Have Become Its Own Worst Enemy

"You can no longer do anything with just a tank with some armor, because the minefield is too deep." When Ukraine's then-commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said it to The Washington Post in 2023, he was referring to a battlefield reality which has since gained an ironic twist Russia's wide-spread defensive...