<?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; Special Ops</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/special-ops/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>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>X-37B Might Not be Spying on China’s Space Station</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/09/x-37b-might-not-be-spying-on-chinas-space-station/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/09/x-37b-might-not-be-spying-on-chinas-space-station/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:50:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15966</guid> <description><![CDATA[So remember the Internet hubbub last week when the BBC reported that the Air Force’s X-37B space plane may well be spying on China’s new space station, Tiangong-1, since their orbits are very close? Well, it turns out that the source behind that story, Spaceflight, the magazine of the respected British Interplanetary Society ignored one key fact; the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/09/x-37b-might-not-be-spying-on-chinas-space-station/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</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>ArmorWorks’ Stealthy Spec Ops Truck</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/04/armor-works-hyena-stealthy-spec-ops-truck/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/04/armor-works-hyena-stealthy-spec-ops-truck/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14830</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out these pictures I snapped at the Modern Day Marine expo last week of the latest toy from the high-tech camo-makers at ArmorWorks. This jeep on steroids is the Arizona-based company’s entry into SOCOM’s contest for a high-speed truck that can fit into the back of a CH-47 Chinook. The Hyena can carry a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/04/armor-works-hyena-stealthy-spec-ops-truck/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>36</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The U.S.’ Post 9/11 Weapons Tech</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:04:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ground Vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IED War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MRAP Edge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Net-Centric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Being part of Military.com, it wouldn’t be right if we here at DT didn’t do something to recognize the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. We figured we’d list off some of the most significant advances in weaponry that have occurred over the last decade — some driven by the wars spawned by that day, some independent of them. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/09/the-u-s-post-911-weapons-tech/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</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> <item><title>Special Operators’ Holographic Maps</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/29/special-operators-holographic-maps/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/29/special-operators-holographic-maps/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:21:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13832</guid> <description><![CDATA[It used to be that military tech was far ahead of tech that was routinely available on the civilian market. In many ways, those days have passed. However, that’s not quite the case with this mapping tech. For the last five years, special operators in Iraq and Afghanistan have been equipped with what at first [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/29/special-operators-holographic-maps/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>23</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NAVAIR Looking at Riverine Simulator</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/13/navair-looking-at-riverine-simulator/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/13/navair-looking-at-riverine-simulator/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:33:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13668</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the interesting conversations I had down at the Riverine training week at Fort Knox last month was with an instructional systems specialist who works for the Naval Air Warfare Center training systems shop down in Orlando. The guy — who I’ll keep anonymous since he didn’t clear our conversation with the PAO — [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/13/navair-looking-at-riverine-simulator/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Dedicated Air Element For MARSOC?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/01/a-dedicated-air-element-for-marsoc/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/01/a-dedicated-air-element-for-marsoc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:22:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Osprey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Special Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13533</guid> <description><![CDATA[Editor of sister site Kit Up!, Christian Lowe forwarded me this quote he got from the commander of all Marine forces on the East Coast, Lt. Gen. Dennis Hejlik during a press briefing in Washington yesterday. Basically, Marine Special Operations Command, the amphibious service’s special ops corpus that’s set to expand in the coming years, may someday have its [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/01/a-dedicated-air-element-for-marsoc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>25</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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