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A Shipwreck Story is a “Hubris Machine” by Captain Edward Lundquist, U.S. Navy (Ret) There are many who go down to the shore and smell the sea. Then there are seafarers who spend days, maybe weeks or months at sea, and when they finally approach the coast smell the same [...]

Diminished Arctic Ice means good news and bad September 21st, 2008 http://www.populationmedia.org/2008/09/21/diminished-arctic-ice-means-good-news-and-bad/ Diminished Arctic Ice means good news and badOpen sea lanes require more vigilance By Edward Lundquist There is a lot of water in the world for the U.S. Navy to patrol. Now add one more ocean to the [...]

Near life-size, built to stress senses By Edward LundquistTraining & Simulation Journal October 29, 2007   The USS Trayer may not be a full-scale warship, but it has a full-sized mission. So the design team that created the Battle Stations 21 trainer used efficiencies of scale to get the trainees [...]

Japan, U.S. Develop Ballistic Missile Defense http://www.defensenews.com/osd_story.php?sh=VSDR&i=3456742   The U.S. and Japan are working together to develop ballistic missile defense capabilities. Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Edward Lundquist, who supports the Navy's Surface Warfare Directorate, witnessed firsthand Japan's 'Stellar Kiji' firing of a ship-base   As more nations acquire a ballistic [...]