SOLEMN DUTY - U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Shell creates a mural to memorialize the fallen comrades assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea IIAfghan War Costs 101 -- Tom Dispatch
Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, put the matter this way recently: “[N]ext to Antarctica, Afghanistan is probably the most incommodious place, from a logistics point of view, to be trying to fight a war... It's landlocked and rugged, and the road network is much, much thinner than in Iraq. Fewer airports, different geography.” In other words, we might as well be fighting on the moon. In translation, this means at least one thing: don’t believe any of the figures coming out of the White House or the Pentagon about what this war is going to cost.
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Counting the Costs of Modern War -- New Wars
British Defense Programs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- Center For Defense Studies
Hole in Ionosphere Reveals Clues About North Korean Missile Launch -- Wired Science
Aussie Hovering Drone is Straight Outta Avatar -- The Danger Room
China's naval prowess overblown -- Asia Times
U.S. Navy v. Iran: The return of sea control? -- Weekly Standard
The Predator Channel -- In from The Cold
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Counting the Costs of Modern War -- New Wars
British Defense Programs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- Center For Defense Studies
Hole in Ionosphere Reveals Clues About North Korean Missile Launch -- Wired Science
Aussie Hovering Drone is Straight Outta Avatar -- The Danger Room
China's naval prowess overblown -- Asia Times
U.S. Navy v. Iran: The return of sea control? -- Weekly Standard
The Predator Channel -- In from The Cold
MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Counting the Costs of Modern War -- New Wars
British Defense Programs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- Center For Defense Studies
Hole in Ionosphere Reveals Clues About North Korean Missile Launch -- Wired Science
Aussie Hovering Drone is Straight Outta Avatar -- The Danger Room
China's naval prowess overblown -- Asia Times
U.S. Navy v. Iran: The return of sea control? -- Weekly Standard
The Predator Channel -- In from The Cold
Fixes On The Way For Unsecured Links On U.S. UAVs -- Defense News
Russian Air Force Slims Down And Shapes Up -- Strategy Page
Army Builds Small Unit Net Cloud -- DoD Buzz
Exclusive: Pentagon delays new "bunker buster" bomb -- Reuters