<?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; Door Kickers</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/door-kickers/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>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:43:20 +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>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>Where the US Will Spend Its Weapons Cash</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/17/where-the-us-will-spend-its-weapons-cash/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/17/where-the-us-will-spend-its-weapons-cash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:40:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AirSea Battle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Net-Centric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16045</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you want further proof of where Pentagon weapon spending is likely to head, check out the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assesments latest publication, Outside-In, Operating from Range to Defeat Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Threats. The document, a concept for how the Defense Deparment can counter Iran’s increasingly sophisticated efforts to feild weapons that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/17/where-the-us-will-spend-its-weapons-cash/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>85</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Air Force Now Has the MOP</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/15/air-force-now-has-the-mop/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/15/air-force-now-has-the-mop/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:18:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15379</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rogue states with nascent nuclear weapon programs (cough, Iran, cough), consider yourselves on notice. The Air Force has started taking delivery of Massive Ordnance Penetrators. Yup, the 30,000-pound bunker busters, known as MOPs, designed to penetrate 30 stories of reinforced concrete. (Oh, and the massive bomb’s name is almost as charged as the term, Pre-Dawn [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/15/air-force-now-has-the-mop/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>219</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Happy Birthday, Marine Corps</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/happy-birthday-marine-corps/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/happy-birthday-marine-corps/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:42:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15349</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy 236th birthday, Marines! Above you’ll the see the official Marine Corps birthday video. Click through the jump to watch two more video tributes to the Corps’ that I like better. Be sure to turn the sound up on the first one at the 1:45 mark — just make sure you’re wearing headphones if you’re [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/10/happy-birthday-marine-corps/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>53</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category><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> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/20/the-fight-for-libya-a-tech-recap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>63</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category><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> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/14/u-s-sending-combat-equipped-troops-to-africa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>74</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Anyone Recognize These NVGs or This Radio?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/08/what-are-these-nvgs/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/08/what-are-these-nvgs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14367</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anyone recognize the night vision optics that the keffiyeh-donning operator at the center of this photo is wearing? They look to me like Tactical Night Vision Company’s AN/PVS-21 Low Profile Night Vision Goggles (LPNVG). We did a little write up on Tactical Night Vision’s tricked out, slimmed down NVGs a few months ago. They’re up to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/08/what-are-these-nvgs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DEVGRU Wants Video Cameras for its Dogs</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/30/devgru-wants-video-cameras-for-its-dogs/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/30/devgru-wants-video-cameras-for-its-dogs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:01:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14224</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember when we showed you the badass gear that might have been worn by Cairo, the military working dog that participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden? At the time, there was no direct evidence of any of the specific gear that Cairo wore. All anyone could do was make educated guesses as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/30/devgru-wants-video-cameras-for-its-dogs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A V-22 Carried bin Laden to the Vinson</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/02/a-v-22-carried-bin-laden-to-the-vinson/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/02/a-v-22-carried-bin-laden-to-the-vinson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:49:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You can run...]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13867</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well, it was a V-22 Osprey that had the job of ferrying Osama bin Laden’s body from Afghanistan to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian sea where he was dumped overboard, according to an article in The New Yorker that stitches together a ton of details about the tech used in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/02/a-v-22-carried-bin-laden-to-the-vinson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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