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129134
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2014.
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Striking a compromise on a controversial issue, Congress in January passed legislation to provide $537 million, the full amount the Obama administration had requested, for the program to rebuild the B61 nuclear gravity bomb and require the administration to submit detailed reports on alternatives to this plan. Congress also mandated the eventual retirement of a different gravity bomb, the B83, once the B61 is ready for service. These items were part of an omnibus appropriations bill signed by President Barack Obama on Jan. 17. The new law is a $1.1 trillion conglomeration of 12 appropriations bills that had to be passed to keep the government open for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The legislation includes $7.8 billion for nuclear weapons activities conducted by the Energy Department's semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). One of the key nuclear policy questions left unresolved last year was how much money the NNSA would be allowed to spend to extend the service life of about 400 B61 gravity bombs. About half of the B61s are stored in European NATO countries for use on tactical, or short-range, aircraft; the rest are stored in the United States for use on strategic, or long-range, bombers.
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128604
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2013.
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The author, specialist in international law, examines the current debate over UAVs from a practical, moral ethnical and legal viewpoint. He considers and weights the evidence before coming to a conclusion on these matters. In the end he reminds us that these are only some of the things to be considered in the complex political and military equation that is modern warfare.
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130092
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2014.
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Experts estimate that about 80 different insurgencies are active around the world. Malaya, French lndochina, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, South Africa, Algeria, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Congo, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, the Balkans, Xiniiang, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Chechnya have all seen the use of fixed and rotary wing aircraft in operations against insurgents in the past. Usage was limited in most cases because of the shortage of helicopters in the inventories of most military and para military forces barring perhaps the US and the Soviets, and not because their unique capabilities were not apparent.
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125797
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2013.
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Despite design in an age of simulation, Martin Streetly finds there is still no substitute for experimentation in the air, either using bespoke aircraft or reconfigurable flying laboratories.
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129148
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2014.
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Insitu has released version 2.0 of its Insitu common command and control (ICOMC2) system for unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), upgrading the system to enable users to customize a UAS'C2.
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125779
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2013.
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With the likes of Reaper and Shadow now established on the modern battlefield, manufactures and operators alike are looking at what comes next. Huw Williams canvasses the opinion of some of the leaders in the field and looks at what the future may hold.
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130957
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2014.
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America's Employment of Weaponized Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uavs), Popularly Known as "drones," to kill alleged terrorists in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas (FATA) fuels sustained controversy in Pakistan. Pakistani outrage has steadily deepened since 2008, when the United States increased the frequency of the strikes.1 The increasing use of "signature strikes" has been particularly controversial in (and beyond) Pakistan, because such strikes are targeted at "men believed to be militants associated with terrorist groups, but whose identities aren't always known."2 Whereas personality strikes require the operator to develop a high level of certainty about the target's identity and location, based on multiple sources such as "imagery, cell phone intercepts and informants on the ground,"3 operators may "initiate a signature strike after observing certain patterns of behavior."4 When conducting signature strikes, the United States assesses that the individuals in question exhibit behaviors that match a pre-identified "signature" (for example, pattern of observable activities and/or personal networks) that suggests that they are associated with al Qaeda and/or the Pakistani or Afghan Taliban organizations.5 Because the identity of the target is unknown, even during the strike, it is possible that these persons are innocent civilians, a possibility that both current and former U.S. government officials concede.6 While the George W. Bush administration employed both personality strikes from 2004 and signature strikes from 2008 in Pakistan, the administration of Barack Obama has redoubled the use of both types.7 This has ignited public protests against the drones in Pakistan, particularly in Pakistan's urban areas-far removed from the tribal areas where drones are employed. It has also galvanized a vigorous debate within Pakistan's National Assembly, which tried, but ultimately failed, to curtail the strikes
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133493
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2014.
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The use of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is increasing with growing threat perceptions. New UAVs are being used in operations and more advanced designs are on the drawing board. Although the Indian Air Force (IAF) uses several unmanned platforms for surveillance operations, it lacks the strength in tactical UAVs, especially when it comes to precision strike capabilities. For a long time, there was a proposal for the IAF to purchase Harop Loitering Munitions System from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The proposal has been delayed for years now, and with the new government's dedication to speed up the slow pace of IAF modernisation, the procurement seems to be coming of age.
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2014.
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The article discusses the importance of the role of airfield ground support services in the combat readiness of aircraft operated by Air Force units. It also examines the structure and purpose of aviation complexes and the role of airfield towing services within the system of preparing equipment according to the specific operations of the aviation complex. It also presents recommendations for designs of towing vehicles to prepare the aviation complex against large-scale guided weapons attacks.
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129135
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2014.
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In the wake of recent reports that some Air Force nuclear missile operators have been cheating on performance tests and failing to follow safety rules, the Defense Department announced Jan. 23 that it is launching a review of all U.S. nuclear forces, to be completed in three months. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said at a Jan. 24 press conference that he is "deeply concerned" about "the overall health and the professionalism and discipline of our strategic forces." At the Jan. 23 announcement event, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the review would look not just at the Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force, the main source of the problems, but at the "whole nuclear force," including the Air Force's long-range bombers and the Navy's strategic submarines.
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129158
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2014.
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Thales has invented a new control station that will enable a single operator to simultaneously control three different unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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133055
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2014.
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Reports at Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) being used tor private and commercial use are a regular feature in the media. Does it mean that there is going to be sudden surge of UAVs tlying in the Indian skies trailing advertising banners, delivering pizza or monitoring traffic? This is highly unlikely considering that unregulated use of UAVs for private and commercial use in civil airspace will result in chaos and accidents, In 1944, Clarence Johnson, the legendary founder of Lockheed's Skunk Works and the designer of the SR-71 and U2 reconnaissance aircratt, predicted that the tuture of military aviation would belong to the UAV. It appears that the prediction is slowly but surely coming true; now the market lor civil and commercial applications of UAVs is poised for spectacular growth
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129333
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As unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, become a staple of modern military operations, their uses and forms have grown more varied. Today they range from slingshot launched spybots to global guardians. In fact, the acronym itself may be morphing into UVS.
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129329
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2012.
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much have been written about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and occasionally even about unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) but it appears not enough attention bas been paid to unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) even though these have the maximum potential in today's counter insurgency and battlefield applications. UAVs and UGVs have both received a major boost over the last few years thanks to the conflict in Afghanistan. Many new versions have been tested, some rejected and many concepts and operational practices evolved.
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ID:
129334
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2012.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles are witnessing a phenomenal growth curve. The problems is terrorists and non state actors could end up using them just as easily as national armed force now do.
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129157
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2014.
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US army forces planners are beginning to scrustinise the feasibility of unmanned optionally manned ground vehicles as the service seeks lighter weight platforms and the ability to get more use out of reach soldiers.
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130763
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2014.
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The funding storm clouds on the horizon for the Department of Defense in 2012 came to fruition with the fiscal crisis of 2013. With Congress unable or unwilling to take action on a workable federal budget, all U.S. government agencies were required to take a cut in their funding. The resulting scramble for dollars resulted in a slowdown for the U.S. Navy in current weapon-system procurement and in establishment of new programs.
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ID:
129154
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2014.
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The US army is set to install radar systems at five sites as part of its Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) programme.
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ID:
129156
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2014.
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Vietnam's military owned telecommunication firm Viettel Group has showcased in indigenously produced Patrol VT tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
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