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	<title>Defense Tech &#187; Commandos</title>
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		<title>Everything From Strike Eagles to Drones at U.S.’ African Hub</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/03/09/everything-from-strike-eagles-to-drones-at-u-s-african-hub/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/03/09/everything-from-strike-eagles-to-drones-at-u-s-african-hub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[View Larger Map Wow, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, the Pentagon’s bastion in the Horn of Africa, has grown like crazy. While we’ve all heard it was expanding, I hadn’t seen anything to give a sense of how massive its growth has been, until now. I hadn’t look at Google Maps satellite pics of the base in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Western Special Operators Already Inside Syria?</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/03/06/are-western-sof-already-inside-syria/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/03/06/are-western-sof-already-inside-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well then. Western special operators may well be on the ground in Syria covertly conducting reconnaissance missions and training rebels fighting the regime of Bashar al Assad, much like Western SOF troops did in Libya last year, according to the STRATFOR documents that were recently published by Wikileaks. Apparently, a STRATFOR analyst sat down with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>72</slash:comments>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>76</slash:comments>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>96</slash:comments>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>70</slash:comments>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Fight for Libya: A Tech Recap</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/20/the-fight-for-libya-a-tech-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/20/the-fight-for-libya-a-tech-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that Gadhafi has been eliminated we thought we’d take a look back at NATO’s military campaign to support the Libyan rebels. As of this writing, NATO has conducted a total of 26,089 sorties, including 9,618 strike sorties against Gadhafi’s forces since March 31. Just yesterday, NATO jets conducted 16 strike missions and flew a total of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>U.S. Sending “Combat Equipped” Troops to Africa</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/14/u-s-sending-combat-equipped-troops-to-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/14/u-s-sending-combat-equipped-troops-to-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the President is sending about 100 “combat equipped” U.S. troops to Uganda to help local government forces hunt down and ‘remove’ Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The LRA is a rebel group that has terrorized the African countryside for years, murdering, raping and kidnapping thousands of civilians.  Like countless other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>74</slash:comments>
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		<title>ArmorWorks Heat and Radar Absorbent Camo</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/05/armorworks-heat-and-radar-absorbent-camo/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/05/armorworks-heat-and-radar-absorbent-camo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we showed you ArmorWorks’ Hyena light all terrain truck. The jeep-like vehicle can carry five special operators and two litters at high-speeds all while armed with up to four machine guns and ISR and communications gear. One of the coolest features of the truck is its TactiCam camouflage system. TactiCam features lightweight panels of randomley generated 3-D [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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