By Kevin Coleman Defense Tech Chief Cyber War Correspondent Just recently, Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander currently director of the National Security Agency, nominated to run U.S. Cyber Command, took a new, much more aggressive tone when asserting the right to return fire against cyber attacks aimed at the U.S. — even if an attacker’s identity […]
From the monthly archives:
April 2010
More photos from Iran’s Great Prophet 5 war games. Iran’s navy will employ “asymmetric and highly irregular tactics that exploit the constricted geographic character of the Gulf,” said strategist Frank Hoffman, now with SecNav, at a Naval War College conference last year. “This doctrine applies a hybrid combination of conventional and irregular tactics and weapons […]
Photos from Iran’s Great Prophet 5 war games are popping up on the interwebs; Uskowi on Iran has a good collection. These show Iranian small boat swarms attacking a hapless target vessel with 107mm rockets and machine gun fire. The Islamic Republic uses its growing fleet of small boats and fast attack craft in pursuit […]
After fast tracking the selection process, the Army signed a contract with Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to speed delivery of a 120mm GPS guided mortar round to troops in Afghanistan. The Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) was a response to an urgent request for precision mortars from commanders in Afghanistan. The new GPS rounds should be […]
The Army has finally canceled the problem plagued Non Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS), one of the leftovers of the many bits and pieces of the failed FCS program. As we’ve reported, the NLOS-LS failed miserably in its most recent series of tests, carried out earlier this year. This story was first reported by […]
