Here’s an excerpt from a great piece by Michael Yon that’s running over at sister site, Line of Departure, detailing the Afghan insurgents latest move to counter Western anti-IED tech; the “snapper” bomb. As Yon explains it, the U.S. and its allies have become very adept at defeating the radio controlled bombs that were hitting coalition troops […]
IED War
For years, Pentagon officials have been worried about troops who have survived an IED blast seemingly ok, but are left suffering from serious concussions and worse. Now, there may be a way for medics to quickly and easily identify troops that have these injuries. These invisible wounds have a cumulative effect, with each successive head injury […]
This is interesting. According to the AP, the U.S. military is bringing heavy armor into the fight in Afghanistan for the first time ever: Two senior defense officials say 14 M1A1 Abrams tanks and 115 additional Marines will be deployed next month. While Abrams were used extensively in Iraq, the Afghan fight has often seen troops using […]
The commander of the Marine Corps’ top requirements office said Tuesday he’s shifting resources to provide a mix of new vehicles to modernize the force’s ground mobility and refitting the current fleet of 20,000 Humvees with new technologies that protect its crew from roadside bombs without putting on a lot of pounds in armor. Lt. […]
Defense Tech has been doing some document exploitation over the last couple of days to help provide some interesting tidbits to our readers from the release of US military reports dumped by WikiLeaks. We know you’re all busy, so our team will keep reading them so you don’t have to. In our first couple of scrapes, we […]
