I want to introduce to our readers a friend I’ve picked up along the way on my winding trip through the blogosphere. Dave Reader edits the awesome site BreachBangClear with a humor and whit unmatched in subject matter populated with more hooah knuckle-draggers than literary enthusiasts. I flirted for a while with a cross-post relationship […]
From the monthly archives:
September 2009
In an attempt to bring order to the Navys problem-plagued littoral combat ship (LCS) program, the Navy has announced that it will “down select” a winner from the two LCS designs. The selection, in fiscal year 2010, will determine which design and hence which firms will be responsible for the construction of a planned 51 […]
Earlier this year, President Obama said that “the nation’s digital infrastructure is under near constant attack.” That statement came on the heels of the head of the Pentagon’s Strategic Command warning Congress that the United States is vulnerable to cyber attacks “across the spectrum.” In mid-January of this year, outgoing National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell […]
An alert reader sent me a link to some footage of a DEA team in Afghanistan wearing some of the Gucciest high-speed gear I’ve ever seen in open sources. But our friend noticed a shot with an operator firing some version of the SCAR. Now, I can’t tell if its the Mk-16 or Mk-17 (though […]
No posts earlier today because I attended a detailed briefing with Army officials about their new program to field two new uniforms in Afghanistan to see if an alternative to the UCP is needed. We reported this earlier with the help of our friends at Soldier Systems, and in the interest of full disclosure, I […]
