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Air Force chief describes future bomber
October 31, 2007 The Air Force's top general on Tuesday reaffirmed his service's commitment to fielding a new stealth bomber by 2018. The future bomber will be capable of penetrating sophisticated enemy air defenses day or night, said Air Force chief Gen. Michael Moseley, at a breakfast in Washington hosted by Government Executive. ...
Balancing Act
October 1, 2007 Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. seeks to steady an Army out of whack due to the debilitating demands of two ongoing wars. When Gen. George W. Casey Jr. began his four-year tour as the Army chief of staff in April, one of his first initiatives was to ...
The Unsurge
October 1, 2007 Gen. David Petraeus says the drawdown means military goals have been met in Iraq, but critics paint another picture. During a two-day marathon testimony before Congress in September, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said the tactical military objectives of the troop surge largely have been met. ...
Security measures called threat to shipping business
September 28, 2007 The fear that terrorists might smuggle a nuclear weapon into the United States hidden inside a shipping container has led to "ill-conceived" security measures that fail to grasp the way transportation systems worldwide are interconnected, a senior shipping industry executive said earlier this week. "This highly efficient supply chain network-of-networks ...
Air Force general: Chinese anti-satellite test a ‘wake-up call’
September 25, 2007 China's anti-satellite test earlier this year served as a "wake-up call" that the United States must invest in new space-based sensors and ways to protect its satellites, the leader of the Air Force's Space Command said Tuesday. "It was irresponsible," said Gen. Kevin Chilton. of Chinese officials' decision to destroy ...
Petraeus says troop decreases could begin in weeks
September 10, 2007 The top American commander in Iraq on Monday told lawmakers that the recent surge strategy has demonstrated measurable success in defeating al Qaeda in Iraq and in reducing the levels of sectarian fighting. But he asked for six more months before beginning to withdraw significant numbers of American troops. Speaking ...
Army leader says Iraqis have not yet taken advantage of American 'surge'
September 6, 2007 The infusion of 30,000 additional American troops has had a "temporary and local" effect in improving the security situation in Iraq, Army chief of staff Gen. George W. Casey said Monday, but "it remains to be seen" if the Iraqis can take advantage of the enhanced opportunity to achieve political ...
Costly Protection
September 1, 2007 Strenuous American efforts to reduce casualties are prolonging the insurgency that causes them. When historians try to pinpoint when the American military adventure in Iraq went off the rails, they're likely to focus on a series of damaging steps taken by the Coalition Provisional Authority within months of Baghdad's fall, ...
Image Makeover
September 1, 2007 The Army tries to put its troubled FCS program in a better light. The Army feels it needs to rebrand its Future Combat Systems armored vehicle modernization program. Marketing experts are trying to settle on a new name for the troubled $200 billion program. They intend to drop the "future" ...
Politics, war drawdown will determine Defense spending
August 27, 2007 Two questions will determine future defense spending. First, will the new Democratic majority in Congress put the brakes on what have been record levels? Second, what will happen to spending if, as seems likely, a drawdown in Iraq begins in 2008? The answer to the first question appears to be ...
