Critical Thinking at Sonic Speeds
An examination of Critical Thinking Essentials
Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXVI: Why He Did It. Captain Smith explains to his audience why he wrote his latest book, The Sonic Warrior: Chronicles of a Top Gun Pioneer, and why he produced The Sonic Warrior Documentary found at “The Sonic Warrior Youtube Channel”. All of Captain Smith’s content (videos, books, substack articles, podcasts) can be accessed from TheSonicWarrior.com website.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXV: Flying the Supersonic F-8 Crusader. The F-8 Crusader set a national speed record and was awarded the Thompson Trophy in 1957. The U.S. Navy flew the F-8 Crusader for 30 years, as well as the French Navy and the Philippine Air Force. Captain Smith discusses what it was like flying the incredible F-8 Crusader – also called “Gator”.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXIV: Kinematics and the Three Body Problem. This week Captain Smith discusses the three body problem. He wrote about it in his book, The Sonic Warrior, and in this broadcast he explains why understanding this phenomenon can improve our performance and why this is important.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXIII: Combat Effectiveness. Combat effectiveness of a forward deployed combat unit considers the skillful execution of the battle plan when enemy engagement occurs at the high end of the conflict spectrum. The execution of the battle plan follows immediately after the activation of the entry protocol, which occurs upon entering the airborne battle space, such that the relationship between friendly and adversarial velocity and energy becomes mission critical. In the current broadcast, Captain Smith expands on this aspect of combat effectiveness.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXII: The Curated Mind-Space. Captain Smith has said that the prime directive is “do not allow others to tell you what to think. Instead, learn how to think about everything.” In this episode Captain Smith explains the prime directive.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXI: Combat Effectiveness. In a recent presentation at the Navy Postgraduate School, Captain Smith talked about the idea of combat effectiveness. In this episode he explains this concept and why it is so important today.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XIV: Outcome Projection. Why is outcome projection so important? It has been said that in a highly dynamic combat engagement, what is most important is not what is happening right this moment, but what is coming the next moment or what it is becoming. Captain Smith discusses whether this concept is covered in air combat training.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XVIII: Not the Plane, but the Pilot. In the Top Gun movie it was repeated several times that “it is not the plane, but the pilot”. In this episode of Throttle-Up Radio Show Captain Smith discusses what this means.
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Special Edition: The Meta-Crisis. This week Captain Smith explains what the meta-crisis is; and he addresses what this means from his life purpose perspective.
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