* WH situation room’s extreme makeover * Army helos still undefended * Pentagon bookkeeping FUBAR * LAPD’s stolen-car spotter * Britain’s “voluntary” DNA sweep * Osprey goes to war? * 10,000 combat hours for ScanEagle UAV * STRATCOM consolidates * Teeny-tiny planes take off (Big ups: JR)
From the monthly archives:
February 2006
Jane’s has a good overview of the ray gun world’s state of play. The bits about the problems facing the beam-firing 747, the Airborne Laser, and the blaster-equipped cargo plane, the Advanced Tactical Laser, are particularly juicy. Full-on flight tests of the Airborne Laser, or ABL, have been pushed back to 2008. But “some aspects […]
What if were fighting the wrong kind of war? Some of Americas better military minds have been making a transition in Iraq, from waging traditional battles to clamping down on insurgents. A major part of this shift: training Iraq forces to take over from American troops. Stephen Biddle, with the Council on Foreign Relations, says […]
* Coasties spooked by port deal * New crooks: keyloggers * SETI@home meets Nazi code-breakers * “Q branch” IPO tanks (background here) * Quantum crypto grows up * Harvard nabs the Wonk * Signs of hope in Iraq: “Current U.S. military commanders say they have come to understand that they are fighting within a political […]
Some of you may have felt a little underqualified to become a manhunter for Special Operations Command. Never fear. An anonymous pal has found a job almost as good: “Intelligence Analyst” for the Walt Disney Company. Yeah, you read that right: a spook for the Mouse… “highly developed Internet skills” and “US Government security clearance […]
