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 News As History - October 16, 2008


The Perfect Soldier: Special Operations, Commandos, and the Future of Us Warfare by James F. Dunnigan

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Dirty Little Secrets

Jim Dunnigan's Dirty Little Secrets is a collection of facts, anecdotes, descriptions and revelations about current military affairs. Each item is less than a thousand words. Designed for easy reading and high information density. A mosaic of insights and revelations about military affairs. Some unbelieveable items that, are, unfortunately, true.

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The Frugal T-90
10/15/2008
Speedy Sparrows Sink Suicide Boats
10/15/2008
The Russian Connection
10/13/2008
Getting The Red Air Force Off The Ground
10/12/2008
Japan at Risk
10/11/2008
A Carrier Fleet Grows In Ukraine
10/11/2008
The Heat Is On
10/10/2008
The Taliban Calls Out The Canadians
10/8/2008
Israel Thinks Small And Penetrating
10/8/2008
Anti-Submarine Warfare In The Eastern Pacific
10/6/2008
Russian Amphibian Flies Again
10/5/2008
Afghan Players You Don't Hear About
10/5/2008
Russians Went Blind Into Georgia
10/3/2008
Moslems Got The Blues
10/3/2008
F-35 Fights Back
10/2/2008
The First Laser Gun Was Too Cruel To Use
9/30/2008
First Chinese Carrier Aviators
9/29/2008
90 Percent Of The Crew Was Injured
9/29/2008
Checkmate On Iran
9/27/2008
Making MiGs More Better
9/26/2008
U.S. Fades Away In Europe
9/25/2008
Irreplaceable
9/24/2008
The Angry Men
9/23/2008
The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe
9/22/2008
Russia Gets Smart
9/21/2008
More Vipers, More Delays
9/21/2008
France Leads The Way
9/19/2008
Defeat At New Orleans
9/18/2008
The T-34 Forever
9/17/2008
How To Ruin An F-16
9/16/2008
Iran And the Paper Submarine
9/16/2008
Two Headed Aegis
9/14/2008
Cannot Get Enough Excalibur
9/13/2008
Britannia Fades Away
9/12/2008
The Royal Navy Heads For The Hills
9/11/2008
Hidden Battles And Secret Victories
9/10/2008
Decapitation in Afghanistan
9/9/2008
B-1B Gets A Legal Sniper
9/9/2008
Hapless Hezbollah ATGMs Revealed
9/7/2008
The SEALs Go Hunting
9/6/2008
Nothing Down There Folks, Nothing At All
9/6/2008
NATO Not Ready For Prime Time
9/5/2008
A Nasty Piece Of Work
9/4/2008
USMC Wannabe Blues
9/2/2008
Iranian EFPs Disappear
9/1/2008
The Future Arrives Early
8/31/2008
Aegis Triumphant
8/31/2008
Bouncing Death From China
8/29/2008
The Rise Of The Droids
8/28/2008
iPods In Combat
8/27/2008
American Troops Help Defend Georgia
8/26/2008
The Empire Struggles Back
8/25/2008
Russia Takes A Beating Over Georgia
8/24/2008
Why Georgia Lost The War
8/23/2008
MRAP As Mothership
8/22/2008
Israeli Ray Guns In Gaza
8/21/2008
Geek Sergeants Doom China
8/20/2008
Shanghai Surprise
8/19/2008
Fastest Boat In the World Goes To The Breakers
8/19/2008
M-4s All Around
8/17/2008
Aegis Triumphant
8/16/2008
B-52s Going Into Storage
8/15/2008
Little Yak With Big Teeth
8/14/2008
Iraq Getting M-1A1 Tanks
8/14/2008
Hornets Hurting
8/13/2008
Chinese Stryker In Action
8/12/2008
The Sniper Revolution
8/10/2008
What A Difference An Inch Makes
8/9/2008
The Israeli Threat
8/8/2008
The New Taliban Tactics Have a Catch
8/7/2008
Old Reliable Keeps Flying
8/6/2008
Troops Angry At Media Bias and Laziness
8/5/2008
NATO Cowards Called To Account
8/4/2008
Run Silent, Run Cheap
8/3/2008
USN Abandons New Ship Designs
8/2/2008
Carrier Killer Warhead
8/2/2008
Spooky Dumps 30mm
8/1/2008
Naval Defenses Against Iranian Missiles
7/30/2008
Shia Saddams Standing By
7/29/2008
F-22ski Moves Right Along
7/28/2008
Apache Of The Future Takes Off
7/27/2008
Iranian Missiles Decoded
7/27/2008
The Wonder Weapon
7/25/2008
Russia Touts Secret Super Tank
7/24/2008
Why You Should Never Fly In An Iranian Aircraft
7/24/2008
India Aims Its Marines At China
7/22/2008
The Feared Threesome
7/21/2008
Russian Missiles At Their Worst
7/20/2008
The War In The Pacific
7/20/2008
B-52 Drops 162 Naval Mines Off Guam
7/18/2008
Buried Alive
7/17/2008
SCUDS Spotted Near Area 51
7/16/2008
No Cure For The Arab Curse?
7/16/2008
The Taliban Have A Plan That Sucks
7/14/2008
Son Of Spooky A Shorty
7/13/2008
Lightweight Mayhem
7/13/2008
Lee-Enfield Lives
7/12/2008
The Secret American Army
7/10/2008
Carrier Stranded In The Pacific
7/10/2008
Japanese Navy Turns Cannon On Chinese Invaders
7/9/2008
Paint It Blacker
7/7/2008
Why Ships No Longer Go To Sea
7/7/2008
Taliban Stumble and Fail
7/5/2008
The Pentagon Gets Ready For President Obama
7/5/2008
Peace Destroys the French Army
7/4/2008
Forbidden
7/3/2008
U.S. Navy Runs From Reality
7/1/2008
Small, But Armed And Dangerous
6/30/2008
A Tunnel To Hell
6/30/2008
Hard Glass And A Rearview Mirror
6/29/2008
No More MRAPs Wanted
6/28/2008
10 Countries Islamic Terrorists Avoid
6/27/2008
Carrier Consumed By Combustible Crud
6/26/2008
Unbelievably Agile
6/24/2008
The Cylon Menace
6/23/2008
Iranian Simulation
6/22/2008
Naked Destroyers Exposed
6/21/2008
Russian Mercenaries Over Africa
6/21/2008
The American Disease
6/19/2008
Big Trucks Banned From Iran
6/18/2008
Desperately Seeking North Korean GPS Jammers
6/17/2008
Mystery Money For A Black Bomber
6/17/2008
Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Sudan
6/15/2008
Trident Breaks a Record
6/15/2008
How China Got The F-16 Secrets
6/14/2008
Helpful Software Wrecks The Navy
6/13/2008
Saudis Spend Billions On Russian Weapons
6/12/2008
Russia's Phantom Fleet Buildup
6/10/2008
U.S. EP-3s Listen To Chinese Construction
6/9/2008
Torpedoes That Fly Away
6/9/2008
The Mob Calls For M-4 Tests
6/7/2008
Al Qaeda Leader Punked
6/6/2008
Brown Tip 5.56mm for Short Barrels
6/5/2008
China Prepares to Invade North Korea
6/4/2008
Lebanese Want Israel To Invade
6/3/2008
Humans 1, Technology 0
6/2/2008
F-22 Replaces F-117
6/1/2008
Phalanx Versus The Palestinians
6/1/2008
Google Earth Smokes Chinese Missiles
5/31/2008
Corporate Spies Killing The CIA
5/29/2008
Sanctioned Sex Inside The Wire
5/29/2008
Slimmed Down Slat Armor A Success
5/28/2008
Dumb, Dangerous and Promising
5/26/2008
LCS Rewrites The Rules of Surface Warfare
5/25/2008
Corrupt Kilo Copies Clobbered
5/24/2008
Do Not Go Anywhere Without It
5/23/2008
Army Tries It The Air Force Way
5/23/2008
Iran Curses X-Vision
5/21/2008
Another Ancient Aircraft Grounded
5/21/2008
Tropical Paradise For Bubbleheads
5/20/2008
The AK-47 Wants To Be Free
5/18/2008
Why Hamas Is Certain Of Success
5/18/2008
USMC Overrun By Recruits
5/16/2008
Screwing Private Ryan
5/16/2008
Speed Kills
5/14/2008
LeClerc Fades Away
5/13/2008
Blue Sparrow Does Everything
5/12/2008
Blackjack Back in Production
5/11/2008
The Empire Strikes Back
5/11/2008
The All Seeing Periscope
5/9/2008
The Ghost Subs Of Oz
5/8/2008
Al Qaeda Decapitated in Iraq
5/7/2008
F-16s Too Good For Aces
5/6/2008
France Builds a Better Armored Hummer
5/5/2008
The Mexican Generals Lament
5/4/2008
Gunning For Google Earth
5/3/2008
Please Give These Boats A Good Home
5/3/2008
The CIA Owns India
5/1/2008
Secret Defenses Against Carrier Killers
5/1/2008
Russian Admirals Have A Plan
4/29/2008
B-1B Bested By B-52
4/28/2008
Second V-22 Squadron Sent In
4/27/2008
Plan B From Hell
4/26/2008
Oldest Hog Still Deadly
4/26/2008
Back From The Dead
4/24/2008
New Zealand Builds A Special Ship
4/24/2008
The Great Harrier Shortage
4/23/2008
India Left Naked
4/22/2008
M-1 Replacement A Lightweight
4/20/2008
Patriot Knocks Them Into The Mediterranean
4/20/2008
Old But Deadly
4/19/2008
China Sneaks Bombers Into Sudan
4/17/2008
Old Cruisers Kept To Kill Missiles
4/16/2008
Iran Takes A Beating
4/15/2008
Bloodshed Crosses The Border
4/15/2008
The Phantom Soldiers of Iraq
4/13/2008
No Two-Seater F-22s
4/12/2008
Why AK-47 Ammo Sucks So Much
4/11/2008
Coke Boats Winning Their War
4/10/2008
Fractal Camo For Ships and Planes
4/9/2008
The Shame of the Japanese Navy
4/8/2008
Iraqis Fight Like Americans
4/7/2008
Flight of the Iron F-16
4/6/2008
Bushmaster Gets Smart Shell
4/5/2008
The Taliban Turn Too Tough
4/4/2008
Le Terrible Hits the Water
4/3/2008
Cancer Scare Cripples F-16s
4/3/2008
New And Somewhat Improved
4/1/2008
Marines Learn How To Hunt
3/31/2008
Taking Down The Gangs of Iraq
3/30/2008
Irish Terrorism Goes Islamic
3/30/2008
F-22 Exports
3/28/2008
Adorable Leopard Cozy
3/28/2008
Meet the Muster
3/26/2008
Another Chechnya
3/25/2008
Chinook Replaces Blackhawk in Combat
3/25/2008
FARC Leadership Crippled
3/24/2008
The One and Only
3/22/2008
Aiming For the Brain
3/21/2008
Russian Soldiers Fade Away
3/20/2008
Blood In The Streets Over A Naked Ankle
3/19/2008
Breaking Silence About the B-3
3/19/2008
How AirBus Beat Boeing
3/17/2008
World Class Chinese Troops
3/16/2008
Better Bunker Buster Built
3/15/2008
Yankee Magic Terrorizes Taliban
3/15/2008
India Sends Enforcers to Russia
3/13/2008
Arming the V-22
3/12/2008
Why Are U.S. Troops So Hard To Kill?
3/12/2008
Mysterious New Japanese Tank
3/10/2008
Dead Harriers Live Again
3/9/2008
Beyond Sidewinder
3/9/2008
DDG 1000s Under Construction
3/7/2008
Four SSGNs, No Waiting
3/7/2008
New Chinese Tanks in Sudan
3/5/2008
F-22 Joins The Infantry
3/5/2008
Rusty Cold Warrior
3/3/2008
Nimrod Fades to Black
3/3/2008
An American Tragedy
3/2/2008
An American Tragedy
3/1/2008
Back to Black
3/1/2008
The Europeans Have Other Priorities
2/29/2008
Reinforcing Failure
2/28/2008
The Last Generation
2/27/2008
A Pain In the Ass
2/26/2008
USAF Teaches Brawling
2/24/2008
The Russians Are Coming
2/24/2008
Mobile Gun Sauna
2/23/2008
B-52 and S-3 Compete
2/22/2008
Cheap Armor Upgrades
2/21/2008
Screw The Troops
2/20/2008
Marines Veto Geeks
2/19/2008
8,000 Armored Vehicles for Iraqis
2/17/2008
Iranian Wonder Weapon
2/16/2008
The Unstoppable Signal From Space
2/15/2008
A Christmas Gift From al-Qaeda
2/15/2008
The Fruit of the AMRAAM
2/14/2008
The Winter Of Much Discontent
2/13/2008
60mm Mortar Grows Mighty
2/11/2008
Eurofighter Comes Of Age
2/10/2008
Too Little or Too Much in Taiwan
2/9/2008
New Armor Fixes Old Problems
2/9/2008
Bring Back the Thump Gun
2/8/2008
V-22 Sprints to Success
2/7/2008
Jericho 3 Definitely in Service
2/5/2008
Porn, Games and Military Power
2/4/2008
America's Secret Army
2/3/2008
Tiger Stalks Apache
2/3/2008
Super U-Boats Off Japan
2/1/2008
Tu-160s Back in Production
1/31/2008
USN Puts NCOs In Pilots Seats
1/31/2008
F-16IN Given Super Powers
1/29/2008
But That Would Be Illegal
1/28/2008
China's Shame
1/27/2008
How Al Qaeda Lost Pakistan
1/26/2008
Gotterdammerung
1/26/2008
A Message For Iran
1/24/2008
Direct Fire Makes a Comeback
1/23/2008
Yet Another Collision
1/22/2008
Why the Surge Worked
1/21/2008
The Gun Fight at Tamaulipas, Mexico
1/20/2008
Nervous at Nellis
1/20/2008
YTBs Fade Away
1/19/2008
The Big Ballistic Barrage
1/18/2008
What's Wrong With This Picture?
1/17/2008
Iraqi Air Force Gets Its Jets Back
1/16/2008
Euro Sickness
1/15/2008
China Counterfeit Surprise
1/13/2008
Where Have All The Dead Americans Gone?
1/13/2008
How Russia Screws Itself
1/12/2008
Unbreakable
1/11/2008
Nuclear Power Secrets
1/9/2008
Bulletproof Plates Stop Armor Piercing Bullets
1/9/2008
New Russian Mystery Tank
1/7/2008
U.S. Mandates Nuclear Battleships
1/6/2008
Death Ray Replaced By The Voice of God
1/6/2008
China Has the NSA For Lunch
1/5/2008
Russia's China Problem
1/3/2008
Saudi Clergy Turn On Al Qaeda
1/2/2008
M4 Comes In Last
1/1/2008
Al Qaeda Moves East
1/1/2008

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