Here's the sort of article that I used to send to my dad. And then we would discuss it when we were together. Improving Naval Ship Acquisition
My dad spent a bunch of his professional career working in the Armed Forces on analytic topics. He worked for several years for the Coast Guard working on logistics and operations problems. And then he worked for close to 20 years for the Navy on operations research problems. He spent a lot of time thinking about the details of why the military does things the way they do.
It's a deep, complex topic, and not easily accessible to outsiders like me.
But still, it was always interesting to get my dad's perspective on issues such as the ones in this essay:
Many of the US Navy’s recent ship designs are large, complex multi-role ships. The Navy expects the same ship to hunt pirates, counter ballistic missiles, track submarines, and more. Also common are high-end features unnecessary for a ship’s mission. These complex ships have many negative consequences on the ability to design ships, increase production throughput, and meet budget and schedule targets.
I really enjoy the Construction Physics newsletter. I have no idea how Brian Potter manages to write so many amazing articles so often, but they're great reading.
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