U.S. military officials confirm that Al Qaeda in Iraq’s leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was killed in an attack on the house where he had holed up in the Iraqi city Thar-Thar, 50 miles west of Baghdad. Also killed in the joint Iraqi-U.S. raid was Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the al-Qaeda affiliated group the Islamic […]
From the monthly archives:
April 2010
By Kevin Coleman Defense Tech Chief Cyber War Correspondent Any comprehensive approach to cyber security will combine military capabilities, input from the software and information security industries, as well as a number of private sector (civilian) facets. Recently, General Gabor Horvath, Director of Concepts and Capabilities Development for the EU Military, said, “I am convinced […]
Furthering our examination of hybrid threats and irregular war, RAND’s Dave Johnson, one of my favorite analysts, has an excellent new paper out, “Military Capabilities for Hybrid War: Insights from the IDF in Lebanon and Gaza.” Prior to summer 2006, the IDF believed its future was fighting Palestinian terrorists, so, big cuts were made in […]
Via Nicholas Fiorenza at the Ares blog, Germany is sending PzH 2000 155mm self propelled howitzers, Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles and TOW anti-tank missiles to its troops based in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, on a recent visit to Afghanistan, said the heavy armor shipment is not related to the fighting […]
In testimony before lawmakers yesterday, David Duma, OSD’s Principal Deputy Director for Operational Testing and Evaluation (OT&E), detailed failings of the Army’s Non-Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS). During the most recent tests carried out in February, new navigation software caused six of seven total system aborts. Overall missile reliability is just 61 percent, well […]
