* US military leaders submitted a new proposal to the White House keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan until 2015, but then dropping to just a few hundreds by 2016. * Israel and Kazakhstan signed a defense cooperation agreement. Among Central Asian countries, Israel...
* India’s DRDO announced [PDF] the 3rd successful test launch of its 4,000 km-range (2,500 miles) Agni-IV ballistic missile. Agni 5 missiles with 25% more range have been recently tested too. Lasers to Cut Anti-Rocket Defense Costs * RAFAEL is unveiling...
* Press reports seem to confirm ongoing rumors that China is building its 2nd aircraft carrier in Dalian. * China may give itself more leeway than Western countries in getting cozy with authoritarian regimes, but that is not working out so well. * USPACOM commander...
* General Robert Cone, commanding general of US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), wants the fact that US troops were not exactly greeted with rose petals in Iraq to sink in. The integration of “engagement” and consideration for “human...
Crazy Like a Fox * So what has Christine Fox, a former director of the Pentagon’s cost assessment office, been up to since she was recently appointed as acting deputy defense secretary? Writing a memo to cancel a significant part of the LCS buy, it turns out....
