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Washington Post June 17, 2012 Pg. 7 Mission shrouded in secrecy stirs speculation over craft's purpose Associated Press LOS ANGELES--An unmanned Air Force space plane steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month clandestine mission. The spacecraft, which was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida …
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MiamiHerald.com June 17, 2012 By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor and Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of …
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Blogger's note: Still struggling with Policy vs Strategy....perhaps I am too narrowly focused on military strategy and not on spending strategy, but this is a spending policy with some strategic "guidance.".... not sure there is a strategy to back up the spending end state. Any thoughts? ... Really like Haddick's combination of history and current …
Washington Post June 14, 2012 Pg. 17 Fine Print "The face of war, the face of how we do business, is changing." That's retired Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sharing how he sees the military's future at a National Press Club session for reporters Tuesday. Cartwright, …
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Blogger's note: what ever happened to the pivot East? Danger Room (Wired.com) June 14, 2012 Danger Room: What's Next In National Security After years of sending drones and commandos into Pakistan, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last week finally admitted the obvious: The US is “fighting a war” there. But American robots and special forces aren’t …
San Francisco Chronicle June 10, 2012 Pg. H1 Dot.commentary The U.S. government has extended its military superiority into the digital realm, developing highly sophisticated cyber weapons - and raising a host of questions about the new rules of war. The New York Times' remarkable reporting late last month confirmed to the satisfaction of most that …
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Los Angeles Times June 11, 2012 Pg. 1 U.S. officials hope they will help reduce civilian casualties and collateral damage. Seeking to reduce civilian casualties and collateral damage, the Pentagon will soon deploy a new generation of drones the size of model planes, packing tiny explosive warheads that can be delivered with pinpoint accuracy. Errant …
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Time: June 18, 2012 The risks in waging war by flying robot With the economy front and center in the presidential campaign, national security has provided mainly background noise. But both parties intend to use it to their advantage whenever they can. The Obama campaign recently released an ad that boastfully -- some say shamelessly …
Financial Times June 7, 2012 Pg. 9 At a cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv yesterday, the Russian antivirus expert who discovered the Flame computer virus, a type of malicious software, appealed to the US and Israel to cease deploying cyberweapons. They “are a very bad idea”, he said. “My message is: stop doing this before …
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New York Times June 7, 2012 Washington -- THIS Memorial Day, President Obama recognized veterans of all of the nation’s wars, but focused on two: the war in Iraq, which came to an end, for Americans, this past year, and the Vietnam War, which began, for Americans, 50 years ago. Mr. Obama was quiet, however, …
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