David Axe

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Name: David Axe

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

International Security and Relations Network: The Fighter You Have

by DAVID AXE The development, entry into service and widespread worldwide use of the United States’ controversial new stealth fighter is, by now, a foregone conclusion. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), produced by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, ... [Published War Is Boring - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Lockheed Martin F-35, International Security, Stealth Fighter, Stealth, Lockheed Martin Corp

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Taliban

Danger Room: Turncoats: How the Taliban Undermines and Infiltrates the Afghan Local Police

ALP commander Toorjan in April 2013. Photo: David Axe by DAVID AXE ZARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan — The sound of gunfire was the first sign that the Afghan cop’s loyalty was suspect. It was February in Hadji Musa, a village in the poppy-growing Zari ... [Published War Is Boring - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, David Axe, Police, 1st Armored Division, Australian Labor Party

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Danger Room: Robot Guns, Combat Facebook: The Tech of the Army’s ‘Last’ Afghanistan Brigade

Photo: David Axe by DAVID AXE The latest robots and high-tech electronic warfare, silently watching over soldiers as they sleep. Rickety but vital helicopters whose pilots devise new tactics to make up for aging hardware. Hand-carried devices that ... [Published War Is Boring - May 20 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, David Axe, Facebook Inc, 1st Armored Division, Electronic Warfare

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Offiziere.ch: What Happened to the Pentagon’s Formation-Flying Satellite?

Art: DARPA by DAVID AXE The U.S. military has cancelled a seven-year, $200-million effort to develop a new kind of satellite — one comprising groups of small, formation-flying craft orbiting in tight-knit formations and sharing data wirelessly. ... [Published War Is Boring - May 19 2013]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Insider, David Axe, Spacecraft

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Offiziere.ch: Navy Drone Touches Down On Carrier Deck for First Time

X-47B touch-and-go. Photo; Navy by DAVID AXE The U.S. Navy’s X-47B jet-powered drone prototype touched down on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush for the first time on Friday — continuing an historic series of accomplishments ... [Published War Is Boring - May 18 2013]

Entities: Drone, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, X-47B

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Danger Room: After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites

The F6 concept. Art: DARPA by DAVID AXE Space News broke the story of F6′s cancellation today. Brad Tousley, the new director of Darpa’s Tactical Technology Office, told the trade publication he killed off the program after a recent review of ... [Published War Is Boring - May 17 2013]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, David Axe, Self-Defense, Drone

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Danger Room: Will The Navy’s New Killer Drones Hunt Terrorists or Fight China?

The X-47B after its first carrier flight Tuesday. Photo: Navy by DAVID AXE America’s ship-launched X-47B killer drone prototype took off for the first time from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush sailing near the Maryland coast on Tuesday ... [Published War Is Boring - May 15 2013]

Entities: Drone, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, X-47B, Terrorists

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Reuters: The Case for Sea-Based Drones

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is towed into the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), May 13, 2013. CREDIT: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter by DAVID ... [Published War Is Boring - May 14 2013]

Entities: Drone, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), US Navy

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

FDL Book Salon Welcomes David Axe, Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa

Welcome David Axe ( WarIsBoring.com ) ( Wired.com ) ( Twitter ) and Host Zack Beauchamp (ThinkProgress) ( Twitter ) Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War In Central Africa I finished Army of God while standing outside a DC metro station, after ... [Published Firedoglake - May 11 2013]

Entities: Army of God, David Axe, Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, Invisible Children

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Danger Room: Is this China’s First Killer Drone?

Sharp Sword. Photo: via Secretprojects.co.uk by DAVID AXE A pair of grainy photos shot at long distance could be the best evidence yet of Beijing’s first jet-powered and presumably armed drone warplane. The images, one of which was cropped and ... [Published War Is Boring - May 10 2013]

Entities: Drone, China, David Axe, Stealth Fighter

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Offiziere.ch: By the Numbers: Independent Afghan Security Forces

Afghan army troops in Zari in April 2013. Photo: David Axe by DAVID AXE It’s conventional wisdom in U.S. military policy circles that Afghanistan’s security forces, specifically its national army and police, have become hopelessly dependent on ... [Published War Is Boring - May 07 2013]

Entities: David Axe, Security, Afghanistan

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Photos of 3-41 Infantry

3-41 Infantry. Photos: David Axe by DAVID AXE Photos from my embed with Bravo Company, 3-41 Infantry in Zari, Afghanistan. Much more to come. Related posts: Photos: The First Chechen War Photos: Army Robotics Rodeo Lockheed’s New Killer Drone ... [Published War Is Boring - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: David Axe, First Chechen War, Lockheed Martin Corp, Robotics, Drone

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Offiziere.ch: What Happened to the Pentagon’s F... [Published War Is Boring - May 19 2013]
Offiziere.ch: Navy Drone Touches Down On Carrie... [Published War Is Boring - May 18 2013]
Danger Room: After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up... [Published War Is Boring - May 17 2013]
First-Ever Drone Launched from Aircraft Carrier [Published Discovery Health - May 15 2013]
Danger Room: Will The Navy’s New Killer Drones ... [Published War Is Boring - May 15 2013]
Reuters: The Case for Sea-Based Drones [Published War Is Boring - May 14 2013]
Offiziere.ch: Behind the Navy’s Carrier-Launche... [Published War Is Boring - May 14 2013]
FDL Book Salon Welcomes David Axe, Army of God:... [Published Firedoglake - May 11 2013]
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