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Pentagon Wants $581 Billion From Obama – War Costs Not Included

By Tactical Operations • Nov 18th, 2008







Give the boys in the Pentagon credit; they’ve got chutzpah. While the federal government hemorrhages money — and everyone from Goldman Sachs to General Motors to the city of Philadelphia is looking for more Washington cash — the Defense Department…




Navy Pursuing Dial-a-Blast Bomb

By Tactical Operations • Nov 18th, 2008







The Navy wants a smarter bomb. Not just a bomb that can land within a few meters of the bull’s eye — but a bomb that can do so, with just the right amount of blast. On Monday, the Navy…




Five for Fighting 11/18/08

By Tactical Operations • Nov 18th, 2008







* Hijacked tanker nears Somalia * Physicist pleads guilty to China spying * Australia temporarily shuts down navy * $16 mil more for microwave weapons * Gulf War illness is real: report (High five: Capn Van, RC)




Russians in the Market for Israeli Drones

By Tactical Operations • Nov 18th, 2008







If Russian press reports are to be believed, then Moscow’s military is taking a serious look at buying Israeli-made drones. In a recent meeting with the Russian parliament’s defense committee, General Nikolai Makarov, chief of Russia’s general staff, reportedly told…




Taliban Threaten Paris Attacks

By Tactical Operations • Nov 18th, 2008







The Taliban threatened to launch attacks in Paris unless France withdraws from Afghanistan, in a video aired by Al Arabiya television on Monday. Skip related content
The video also claimed an ambush that killed 10 French …



FBI Sending Suspicious Powder To Headquarters

By Tactical Operations • Nov 18th, 2008







A suspicious substance mailed to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on its way to FBI headquarters in Quantico, Va., for further testing.
FBI agents in Salt Lake City said …



Will Obama Continue ‘Star Wars?’ (Updated)

By Tactical Operations • Nov 17th, 2008







President-elect Obama may not exactly see eye-to-eye with the chiefs of the Missile Defense Agency. But don’t expect the latter-day Star Wars program to go away, Time magazine’s Mark Thompson argues. “The Russians — along with the two men most…




After Iraq, Marines to Get Back to Basics

By Tactical Operations • Nov 17th, 2008







During the Cold War, the Navy’s “big-deck” amphibious assault ships, with full loads of Marines, helicopters and Harrier jump jets, rotated through two stations: one in the eastern Mediterranean, and another in the Pacific. The idea was that the Pentagon…




Army May Place Massive Orders for Hulking Trucks

By Tactical Operations • Nov 17th, 2008







After investing in a fleet of over 10,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, the Pentagon is preparing to buy more — lots more. The super-sized trucks have been credited with saving many lives, but as reported here previously, the…




Five for Fighting 11/17/08

By Tactical Operations • Nov 17th, 2008







* Feds can snoop on cell phones, without telcos’ knowledge * “How Sarkozy saved Georgian president’s private parts” * General hints China may add carrier * Few Iranian arms in Iraq? * Over 1 million liters of booze for German…