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In the opinion of many defense analysts, the Pentagon's new defense strategy severely disadvantages the U.S. Army. The strategy both rejects the idea of future protracted, large-scale stability operations and shifts the focus of security concerns to the Asia-Pacific region where air and sea forces are
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Date:
1/24/2012
Army leaders suddenly realized last summer that their planned replacement for the Humvee was in danger of being killed by Congress. The Government Accountability Office was estimating each of the so-called Joint Light Tactical Vehicles might cost $350,000, and that's not even counting on-board
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Date:
10/24/2011
The most relentless enemy of U.S. Army combat equipment in the new millennium hasn't been the Mahdi Army or the Taliban, it has been dust. Insurgent violence waxes and wanes, but the dust is constant. It clogs radiators, contaminates fuel, and shorts out electrical connections. Every Army maintenance
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Date:
5/21/2010


