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1941 was the last time the Army really was at home. After World War II, most soldiers came home but only to be demobilized. The remainder of the Army was doing occupation duty and patrolling the borders of the Free World. In the post-Cold War era the Army shifted its posture from one based on forward
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Date:
3/21/2013
This hasn't been a good week for the junior Senator from New Hampshire, Republican Kelly Ayotte. She went to the floor four times in two days urging the chamber to consider an amendment that would have stripped funding for an Army air defense system from the pending appropriations bill, and in
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3/21/2013
Over the past couple of decades, the U.S. Army has spent tens of billions of dollars in R&D on programs that never made it through development. Two examples of these are the Future Combat System and the Comanche armed scout helicopter. The Army struggled to harvest the advanced technologies begun
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Date:
1/9/2013
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) that the U.S. Army has been developing in concert with two allies demonstrated last week why backers believe it is superior to the service's existing Patriot system. In a proof-of-concept test at the White Sands Missile Range, a MEADS missile was deliberately
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Date:
12/4/2012
After a decade of counter-insurgency warfare, the focus of U.S. military planning is returning to state-based threats. Whether President Obama is reelected or not, the joint force will be paying more attention to places like the Western Pacific and less attention to places like Afghanistan. All
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9/7/2012
You don't need a crystal ball to figure out what the next big threat to America's soldiers will be. It won't be improvised explosive devices or cyber attacks, because the Army is spending lots of money preparing for those challenges. The next big threat will come from the air. Why? Because after
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Date:
4/20/2012
You'd think that after spending a decade adapting to threats like improvised explosive devices, the U.S. Army would be a little more imaginative about what kinds of challenges future enemies might pose. Well, no such luck. Having allocated over a billion dollars to develop defenses against future
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5/6/2011
The Army's air defense portfolio is taking a beating as the service downsizes its modernization plans. We reported on September 30 that Army leaders want to kill a program called SLAMRAAM that was aimed at fielding an air defense system more capable than the short-range Stinger but more affordable
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Date:
10/14/2010