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Air Force Takes Critical Step Toward New Nuclear Cruise Missile Program
The Pentagon is taking a crucial first step toward developing a new nuclear-armed cruise missile called the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon, a key component of the Defense Department's plan to modernize its long-range strike capabilities and ensure it can hit targets in well-defended, hard-to-reach areas such as China and Iran/.../
Iran Well Prepared for the Worst
Most discussions of possible United States military operations in the Persian Gulf, should Iran try to prevent maritime traffic from going through the Strait of Hormuz, generally say that while it would not be a cakewalk, it would not be an enormously difficult task either.
Critics Lob Bombs at Pentagon Strategy
The Obama administration’s strategy to reshape the post-war military is less than a month old, and already it is under fire from Washington insiders.
Group Surveying Military Pay, Benefits Ahead of Proposed Cuts
The Defense Department has unveiled detailsof a 10-year strategy for defense cuts — including reductions in military pay and benefits.
How You Like That Pay, Soldier?
Troops get paid in lots of different ways. There’s basic pay, allowances, bonuses, incentives and assorted housing, health and retirement bennies. Is this the best way to compensate U.S. military personnel? In other words, are we getting the biggest bang for the taxpayer’s buck with this rucksack of options?
The First Cut Is the Weakest
The deep change which the new budget rather vaguely discloses is the shift from a military doctrine focused on land wars to one much more oriented towards naval and air conflict. First, as the "Strategic Guidance" which the Pentagon issued earlier this month states, "U.S. forces will no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged stability operations" -- i.e., no more wars of occupation like Iraq or Afghanistan/.../