NEW MILITARY TECHNOLOGY :
International Herald Tribune, 11 Nov 07, by Philip Taubman
The demise of a pricey U.S. spy satellite program
'... an investigation by The New York Times found that the collapse of the project, at a loss of at least $4 billion, was all but inevitable - the result of a troubled partnership between a government seeking to maintain the supremacy of its intelligence technology, but on a constrained budget, and a contractor all too willing to make promises it ultimately could not keep.'
International Herald Tribune, 03 Oct 07, by Thom Shanker
New U.S. missile system successful, military says
'After a successful test last week, the tracking radars and interceptor rockets of a new U.S. missile defense system can be turned on at any time to respond to an emerging crisis in Asia, senior military officers said.'
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Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) [FAS Military Analysis Network]
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Joint Direct Attack Munitions GBU 31/32/38 [Air Force Link]
See New Military Technology archive for past stories.
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[15 May 08]
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[09 May 08]
Walid Phares, Ph.D.
Hezbollah's Beirut Blitz
[09 May 08]
Abigail R. Esman : 'International Desk'
Teach Your Children
[08 May 08]
Air Commodore Tariq Mahmud Ashraf,
(Pakistan Air Force, ret.)
The Impact of Pakistan-China defense ties on the War on Terrorism
[01 May 08]
W. Thomas Smith Jr.
'Beyond the DropZone'
Intelligence and Analysis
