Tag: Army Futures Command
The Growing Weakness of Western Artillery Capabilities
After decades of waging war against impoverished nations with destitute armies, or no standing armies at all, the US has suddenly found itself in a rapidly changing world where peer and near-peer competitors are outpacing it in military capabilities. Many of these capabilities are showing up on the battlefield in places the US has until recently enjoyed relative military superiority.
The Growing Weakness of Western Artillery Capabilities
Army focuses on contested logistics – a threat to enemy
Army focuses on contested logistics – a threat to enemy
Hamilton underlined how AMC is planning for warfighting in 2040 in terms of speed, range and convergence, saying Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth had challenged the Army to “think big.”
H/T: Jason Hunt
2040?! They better hurry it up! Gen. Mike Minihan says we’re going to war, with China, by 2025! /s
When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers
The revolving door between the Defense Department and the weapons industry spins — a new report offers ways to slow it down.
When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers
H/T: Jason Hunt
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March of the Four-Stars: The Role of Retired Generals and Admirals in the Arms Industry
A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill.
A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill.
The secret contract — which The New York Times is disclosing for the first time — violates the Biden administration’s public policy, and still appears to be active. The contract, reviewed by The Times, stated that the “United States government” would be the ultimate user of the tool, although it is unclear which government agency authorized the deal and might be using the spyware. It specifically allowed the government to test, evaluate, and even deploy the spyware against targets of its choice in Mexico.
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The secret November 2021 contract used the same American company — designated as “Cleopatra Holdings” but actually a small New Jersey-based government contractor called Riva Networks — that the F.B.I. used two years earlier to purchase Pegasus. Riva’s chief executive used a fake name in signing the 2021 contract and at least one contract Riva executed on behalf of the F.B.I.
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The deal unfolded as the European private equity fund that owns NSO pursued a plan to get U.S. government business by establishing a holding company, Gideon Cyber Systems. The private equity fund’s ultimate goal was to find an American buyer for the company.
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The Army will finally stand up a laser-equipped Stryker platoon next month
YouTube: We tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
The US doesn’t believe that these weapons are weapons of mass destruction—which would violate the Outer Space Treaty!?!
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