In the waning days of Florida’s September heat, teams with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force met for the military’s first organized “drone crucible,” a five-day event that pitted the services’ top remote pilots against each other.
Teams came from both special operations and conventional forces, including the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment and Aviation Center of Excellence, Navy SEALs, Air Force explosive ordnance disposal troops and the Marine Corps’ new attack drone team.
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In 2008, the United States government declassified a World War II-era document from the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner to the modern CIA, titled the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” Published in 1944, it was intended to show ordinary citizens of any country how easy it was for anyone to hamper an enemy operation. The doctrine of “simple sabotage,” as it was called, did not require specialized tools or equipment, could be carried out by individuals, and posed minimal risk to anyone involved.
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” read new digital billboards on expressways near U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Doral, Florida, where the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in the Caribbean Sea are being overseen.
The billboards were put up in response to the ongoing military strikes ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration, in what the White House and Pentagon have described as a concerted campaign against “narco-terrorists.
Charles R. Forbes exemplified the administration of President Warren G. Harding, which isn’t really a good thing. Forbes served as the first-ever director of the Veterans’ Bureau, the forerunner of today’s Veterans Administration (VA), and, like many members of Harding’s staff, found himself under fire for a series of scandals and corruption.
Unlike many other members of President Harding’s staff, however, Forbes would actually serve jail time for his corruption and—find himself being choked out by a six-foot-tall, 200-pound President of the United States.
The US Army has ordered Giraffe 1X radar systems from Swedish defence contractor Saab to support security co-operation partners.
The US Army has chosen the Atlas Precision Strike System from AEVEX for its first fielding of Launched Effects–Short Range technology.
J. Trevithick, The WarZone
The electromagnetic catapults and weapons elevators for Ford class carriers have historically been a headache, but changing now would create immense challenges.
Jihoon Yu, RCDefense
The “Golden Fleet” initiative currently under discussion within U.S.
Akhsan Erido Elezhar, NextGenDefense
General Atomics is reviving the railgun program with a new generation of electromagnetic weapons capable of firing hypersonic tungsten-pellet…
Bruno, WashTimes
While Washington preached restraint, Russia and China rebuilt their arsenals and rewrote the balance of power