Soldier testifies to Congress on body armor

"WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 5, 2009) -- During testimony on Capitol Hill regarding force protection programs, Feb. 4, an Army staff sergeant had the opportunity to let members of Congress know about some of the challenges faced by Soldiers in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Fred...

FactCheck: Body Armor Claim: Still False and Nasty - defends Dole

FactCheck has renewed hostilities over an old issue about funding body armor for troops in Iran and Afghanistan.  The non-profit, nonpartisan group says the VoteVets attack on Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is recycling "one of the worst 'Whoppers of 2006'"."The liberal...

In desperation, military suggests foot patrols can be safer than Humvees, tanks

How much worse can this get??  Bush, step down.  - The Angryindian---------------------------------------------"Top US commanders in Iraq have been encouraging soldiers in Baghdad to "get out and walk." In fact -- they've been using those very words. According to...

Iraq's Superbombs: Homegrown Ordinance?

This is what the Pentagon does not want the American people to even think about: that their armed forces can be held at bay by homegrown weapons, not by an international conspiracy of "evil". This makes sense, though: whatever country you are from, if an invading army...

Matrix Cam Spies Flying Bullets

I used to be secure in the knowledge that, if I was driving fast enough, traffic cameras would be unable to capture my license plate. This is a troubling development indeed!"An Air Force contractor has developed the first high-speed camera that can follow speeding bullets...

Casus Belli: Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia

"WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 — U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made...

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Israeli Military Attacks A Foreign Country

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Marines without a Beach and Soldiers as Citizen Journalists

"I just finished William Langewiesche’s amazing ‘Rules of Engagement’ piece in Vanity Fair. He uses the Haditha massacre as a window onto “the observable realities of an expanding guerrilla war—about mistakes that have been made and, regrettably,...

Kornet E Anti-Armour Missile Tripod Launcher

Tripod launcher includes optical sight, thermal sight, laying drives, missile launch mechanism. Operator uses either optical or thermal sight to detect and track the target.

Uday’s 800,000-Strong Guerrilla-Suicide Army

Blast from the Past: March 31, 2003:  Kornet AT-14 ATGM laser wire-guided anti-tank missile capable of penetrating 1100 to 1200 millimeters of steel armor at a distance of 3.5 km. The wire-guided missiles cannot be fired over trees, power lines or water, because the wire...

North Korea zone

A zone for discussion and information exchange about North Korea.