<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Commandos</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/commandos/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:24:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Ponce Not Quite Floating Spec Ops Base</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/31/ponce-not-quite-floating-spec-ops-base/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/31/ponce-not-quite-floating-spec-ops-base/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:55:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16293</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well,  the Navy is trying to downplay the special operations role the USS Ponce will play after it is converted into a floating base for anti-mining, coastal patrol and special operations missions in the Persian Gulf. The amphibious transport dock, commissioned in 1970 is being rapidly converted into an interim Afloat Forward Staging Base for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/31/ponce-not-quite-floating-spec-ops-base/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>72</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>USS Ponce to Become Spec Ops Mothership</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/28/uss-ponce-to-become-spec-ops-mothership/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/28/uss-ponce-to-become-spec-ops-mothership/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16254</guid> <description><![CDATA[In case you didn’t see this on Friday, the Pentagon is converting the 1970s-vintage amphibious assault ship USS Ponce into a mothership for special ops and countermining missions in the Middle East, the Washington Post is reporting. The 570-foot long ship’s big flight deck and well deck are well suited to carry the choppers and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/28/uss-ponce-to-become-spec-ops-mothership/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>93</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Army’s New Helos Will Be Designed With Spec Ops in Mind</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/19/armys-new-helos-will-be-designed-with-spec-ops-in-mind/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/19/armys-new-helos-will-be-designed-with-spec-ops-in-mind/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:58:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16068</guid> <description><![CDATA[Army aviation officials, including several from the special operations side of the house, last week revealed that the special operations community will have a say in the design of the next generation of Army choppers. When asked last week during an army aviation conference sponsored by the Association of the U.S. Army last week if [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/19/armys-new-helos-will-be-designed-with-spec-ops-in-mind/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>51</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US Destroyer Rescues Iranians From Pirates</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/us-destroyer-rescues-iranians-from-pirates/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/us-destroyer-rescues-iranians-from-pirates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:06:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15950</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is kind of funny. The same week that Tehran said that bad things would happen if the U.S. aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis returned to the Persian Gulf, American sailors rescued 13 Iranian fishermen who had been held hostage aboard their dhow (ship), the Al Molai, for several weeks by pirates in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/us-destroyer-rescues-iranians-from-pirates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>69</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Our New Megabase in Afghanistan</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/03/our-new-megabase-in-afghanistan/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/03/our-new-megabase-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:43:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15868</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, this is some drone-related news about the Afghan war that we missed. While most media attention has been focused on CIA drone bases in Pakistan, the U.S. last year transformed the remote ex-Soviet air field at Shindand, near the Iranian border, into the second biggest air base in all Afghanistan. The perimeter of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/03/our-new-megabase-in-afghanistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>33</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Army’s Latest Unmanned Bomb Detector</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/the-armys-latest-unmanned-bomb-detector/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/the-armys-latest-unmanned-bomb-detector/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:34:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IED War]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15668</guid> <description><![CDATA[Take a break from all the Iran-Sentinel drone drama this week and check out this video showing one of the Army’s latest anti-IED technologies. Basically, it’s remotely controlled version of a standard Bobcat construction vehicle equipped with various bomb detection and disposal tools. Developed and fielded by the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, the little vehicle is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/the-armys-latest-unmanned-bomb-detector/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Did Libya Show the Need for Light Attack Planes?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/11/did-libya-show-the-need-for-light-attack-planes/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/11/did-libya-show-the-need-for-light-attack-planes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:02:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Downsizing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Retro-Futuro]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15355</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is interesting, the high-cost of using some of the world’s most advanced fighter jets in Libya against Gadhafi’s joke of a military has led some NATO allies to consider buying cheap light attack planes similar to the ones the United States wanted to buy to fight insurgencies. NATO’s chief targeteer for the Libyan campaign [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/11/did-libya-show-the-need-for-light-attack-planes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>152</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chopper Use in Vietnam Versus Afghanistan</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/chopper-use-in-vietnam-versus-afghanistan/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/chopper-use-in-vietnam-versus-afghanistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:36:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Infantry Fight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15343</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s an interesting post that Carl Prine did over at our sister site, Line of Departure, a few months back. It’s all about how he hates the UH-1 Huey because, to him, it represented a lack of control over the ground situation during the Vietnam War. I’ve got to wonder how this compares to our [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/chopper-use-in-vietnam-versus-afghanistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>77</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>U.S. Expanding Drone Ops With a New African Base</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/28/u-s-expanding-drone-ops-with-a-new-african-base/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/28/u-s-expanding-drone-ops-with-a-new-african-base/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:57:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You can run...]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15178</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the U.S. has opened up a new drone base in Africa to aid in the hunt for terror suspects in places like Somalia. Apparently, the Air Force has built a miltimillion dollar facility to host MQ-9 Reaper drones at a tiny airstrip in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. The Washington Post is reporting that the facility [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/28/u-s-expanding-drone-ops-with-a-new-african-base/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ATK’s AC-208 Combat Caravan Gunship</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/26/atks-ac-208-combat-caravan-gunship/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/26/atks-ac-208-combat-caravan-gunship/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:49:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15136</guid> <description><![CDATA[No, it’s not brand new but it’s still cool. This little model on display at ATK’s booth during the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention in DC a couple of years ago represents the company’s AC-208 Combat Caravan. Now, air force’s around the world use the already use the Cessna Caravan for light cargo [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/26/atks-ac-208-combat-caravan-gunship/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>60</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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