By now it is well known that the U.S. Army established a need to standardize a sniper rifle in 7.62x51mm NATO caliber. This was necessary in order to field one such rifle for precision sniping and to replace the literal myriad of sniper rifles currently in the system. For the record, these sniper rifles include the venerable M14 semi-automatic rifle and t…
Perhaps your real life is so rich you don’t have time for another.Even so, the US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality to see how long you can go without food or water, or how you will respond to televised propaganda.The DOD is developing a parallel to Planet Earth, with billions of individual “nodes” t…
Laser weapons are not as far away as the average citizen may think. U.S. Department of Defense experts are close to fielding the Airborne Laser (ABL) for missile defense and several other high-energy laser weapons programs received new funding this year.Many of these programs that expect to bring laser weaponry into the hands of the warfighter on the grou…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Tuesday it had stopped selling surplus F-14 parts, announcing the step after congressional criticism of security weaknesses that had given buyers for countries including Iran access to the aircraft parts and other valuable gear.Sales of parts from the recently retired fleet were halted last Friday, Defense Logistics Agency…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries — including Iran and China — who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department’s surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts and missile components.In one case, federal investigators said, the contraband made it to Iran, a cou…
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2006 – “Learn”? and “adapt”? are the key messages of the new Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, which just hit the streets.The Counterinsurgency Field Manual, FM 3-24 and Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 3-33.5, is a unique joint effort between the Army and Marines to put in place doctrine to help operators as the…
WASHINGTON — By a vote of 95-2, the Senate approved President Bush’s defense secretary nominee Wednesday, a day after the nomination sailed through the Armed Services Committee.Robert Gates, a former CIA director, will be sworn in December 18.Two Republican senators — Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Jim Bunning of Kentucky — cast the only no votes.”H…
WASHINGTON — Donald H. Rumsfeld is stepping down as defense secretary and former CIA Director Robert Gates will be nominated to take his place.Rumsfeld, President Bush’s sole defense secretary in six years of leadership, is the first administration casualty after a midterm congressional election that sent at least 28 House Republicans packing and left th…
The US is to field test an innovative Israeli designed technology to act as a “force field” around armoured vehicles, protecting them from rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and anti-tank missiles, according to a Fox News report.The system dubbed “Trophy”, uses radar to track incoming threats and then destroys them when they’re in range by attacking the war…
FORT MYER, Virginia (AP) — Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace was sworn in Friday as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, becoming the first Marine to hold the nation’s highest military post.Pace succeeded Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, who retired after 40 years of military service, including two years as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs and four years a…