- N.K April Failed Satellite Launch, could we have knocked it down??
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- IRGC Navy Records Video of US Aircraft Carrier
- Missile shield
- What makes an Third, Fourth and/or Fifth Generation of Fighter Aircrafts
- Any thoughts on the joint operational access concept?
- Any new info on morphing UAVs?
- Is it time for the UK abandon nuclear weapons.
- Rotary Cannon - Why not used earlier?
- Entebbe raid question
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Secretary Gates outlines ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal process
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Jan. 6 described the Pentagon’s three-step process for preparing to allow gays to serve openly in the military services. At a Pentagon news conference with Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary Gates updated reporters on the department’s plan for implementing repeal of the [...]
DOD makes case to improve business models
“(The Defense Department) doesn’t have enough money unless we change how we do business,” said Frank Kendall, the principal deputy under secretary of defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Mr. Kendall addressed a packed auditorium at the Air Force Institute of Technology here Jan. 4 during the third of 12 planned visits to major defense [...]
Changes coming to the Post-9/11 GI-Bill
The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 was recently signed into law. Effective August 1, 2009, but not payable until October 1, 2011 Certain National Guard members mobilized on Title 32 orders on, or after, September 11, 2001 are now eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill and any qualifying Title 32 mobilization may [...]
Warfighters to Get Improved Eyes in the Sky
Warfighters in Afghanistan will get an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground in the coming months with the initial deployment of a new ultra-high-resolution camera able to scan a wide field of view and download images in real time. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the Defense Department’s high-tech research and [...]
Mullen: Iraq, US Must Discuss Future Military Relationship
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stressed to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today that now is the time for the United States and Iraq to plan for a normal, long-term military-to-military relationship. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen met with Maliki at the prime minister’s residence in downtown Baghdad. During the 20-minute meeting, the [...]
NATO Action Must Follow Lisbon Vision
WASHINGTON: Agreements reached at the Nov. 19-20 NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, represent a blueprint the alliance must follow with “long-term construction projects,” a top Defense Department policy official said today. In remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, summarized the summit’s key agreements and the [...]
US Drawdown in Afghanistan to Begin in July
WASHINGTON: The United States is “very committed” to begin drawing down its forces in Afghanistan in July, but large numbers will remain, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said on a televised broadcast today. “We will start drawing down troops next July,” Mullen told Fareed Zacharia, host of the CNN program, GPS. Any drawdown will be based [...]
Officials Condemn Leaks, Detail Prevention Efforts
WASHINGTON: Government officials condemned the publication of hundreds of thousands of sensitive, classified State Department cables by WikiLeaks today. The website published the documents that detail private U.S. diplomatic discussions with foreign governments. The cables are candid reports by diplomats and, seen by themselves, can give an incomplete picture of the relationship between the United [...]
Mullen Outlines Progress, Shortfalls in Veteran Support
WASHINGTON: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday outlined the Defense Department’s efforts to strengthen families, bolster education opportunities and ensure a good future for its veterans — and he asked for help. Speaking before the World Congress on Disabilities in Dallas, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen recounted his experiences during his “Conversation with [...]
