In 2004, I was in Afghanistan working on a story on efforts to demobilize warlord militia and try to reintegrate mujahedin fighters into Afghan society as something other than warriors for hire. I was at a UN compound outside Kabul as a few hundred mujahedin (mostly from the Northern Alliance) exchanged weapons for money, food […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2010
One of the few technologies to survive cancellation of the Army’s multi-billion dollar contacting fiasco known as FCS is the Non Line-of-Sight Launch System’s (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile. Only it turns out the NLOS missile isn’t so precise. In recent tests out at White Sands, New Mexico, the missile failed to hit its target four […]
Uber-connected defense consultant and analyst Loren Thompson reads the tea leaves, and a Reuters news article, and concludes that Army plans for a new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) may be unraveling. Apparently, DOD’s chief weapons buyer, Ashton Carter, didn’t like what he saw when shown the Army’s GCV plan earlier this month and told service […]
By Kevin Coleman Defense Tech Cyber War correspondent Both experts and DOD officials believe the military should organize our nation’s cyber defensive and offensive capabilities under a single commander. Yet, it seems that the direction is set and a single operational unit is not in the cards. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard […]
I have a hard time watching jihadi films, particularly when they’re showing attacks on American troops. I was once shown a collection of video shots from Iraqi insurgents of sniper attacks on American troops. Those are images I’ll never be able to get out of my mind. That said, I do believe they provide invaluable […]
