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A Technology Surge in Afghanistan
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Dec.7) -- The 30,000 new troops slated for deployment in Afghanistan are supposed to enable a new approach to pushing back the Taliban and stabilizing the country. But it's not just the doctrine that's new; some new technologies have also either recently debuted in Afghanistan, are scheduled soon to go to war, or are being considered for use with American troops. Here are a few of them: 1) Unmanned helicopters. Under contract to the Pentagon, Boeing has developed an unmanned helicopter called the A160 Hummingbird that the company says can fly faster, quieter and higher than manned ...
War in Afghanistan: The Case for More Boots on the Ground
By David Wood - Politics DailyBAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Soaring across the velvet black sky on a night mission over Afghanistan, F-15E fighter pilot Steve Kwast peered through his high-resolution, infrared targeting pod. He had spotted insurgents running across open ground toward a line of trees. As he swooped down for a closer look, Kwast watched one of the men slip behind a tree – and as his fighter roared past, he could see the man's hands on the tree as he inched around to stay behind it. "All I could see were his fingertips – I could see him moving around the tree as I flew by,'' Kwast, a brigadier ...
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