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U.S. defense secretary assails Pentagon for outmoded ways - International Herald TribuneIn a far-reaching critique of the way the Pentagon fights wars and buys weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the military must understand the limits of combat power and its leaders must be skeptical that technology can bring order to the violent battlefield. In a speech Monday, Gates ...
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U.S. Policy Is Fuzzy on Arms Purchases From Former Warsaw Pact Nations - washingtonpost.comWhat is the U.S. policy about supplying weapons to Afghanistan that come from Russia and former Warsaw Pact countries? Can the U.S. military deal directly with foreign countries that have these weapons and the ammunition that goes with them? Or must they go through private contractors, who act ...
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Pakistan: Air defense on the Afghan border » Kuwait Times WebsiteReports of Pakistani forces opposing US military incursions across the border from Pakistan have now been denied by officials in both Islamabad and at the Pentagon. Pakistani sources told Reuters on Sept 15 that US helicopters were fired upon by Pakistani troops near Angur Abba in South ...
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CTV.ca | U.S. helicopters reportedly cross into PakistanPakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire when two U.S. helicopters crossed into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Monday.
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Afghan civilian death toll undermines U.S. support | csmonitor.comIn a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pledged to do more to prevent civilian deaths from military operations. Mr. Gates's vow comes on the heels of a new UN report saying that the number of civilian casualties jumped by 39 percent in 2008, fueling ...
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US air power triples deaths of Afghan civilians, says report | World news | The GuardianCivilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and Nato air strikes have nearly tripled over the past year, with the onslaught continuing in 2008 and fuelling a public backlash, a leading human rights group says today. The report by Human Rights Watch says that despite changes in the rules of engagement ...
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globeandmail.com: Afghanistan demands review of international troopsKABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government has demanded a review of the presence of U.S. and NATO troops in the country amid allegations that large numbers of civilians have died in raids and air strikes by foreign forces in recent weeks. In a harshly worded statement released Monday, ...
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Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Equipment and Logistics | Latest UAV spreads its wings in southern AfghanistanLaunched and operated by gunners from 1 Battery, 47 Regiment Royal Artillery, the Desert Hawk III is one of many assets that are employed to help seek out enemy fighters and one of the newest UAVs that the Royal Artillery use. The UAV provides an over-watch capability for soldiers patrolling ...
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Reliance on air power, déjà vu or not? « Ghosts of AlexanderOver reliance on air power in Afghanistan? That sound familiar. Or does it? Is the level of reliance on air power, as a percent of the total effort, if one could actually measure it, higher now than in all years of the Soviet War of the 1980s in Afghanistan? Yes, the Soviets did a lot of bombing ...
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The Challenge of Assessing Effects-Based Operations in Air WarfareCurrently, the US military is taken with the concept of effects-based operations (EBO). Reports indicate that the Air Force made EBO a centerpiece of its input to the Quadrennial Defense Review of 2001, and we find EBO mentioned prominently in both Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2, Organizat...
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