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The U.S. military’s “hearts and minds” doctrine is all about boots on the ground, but it has not necessarily slowed down the Air Force, which has reported a spike in the numbers of aerial strikes in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Ground robots’ place in the military market is at risk, experts warn. After the war in Iraq is over, it is not clear that the military will continue to buy bomb-detecting robots and other unmanned ground vehicles.
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is Fixing its Old Ones
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PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE
Defense Industrial Base: Plans
Needed to Ensure Soft Landing
Discussions about the impending collision between military needs and resources mostly occur in the context of service priorities. But what about the industrial base? What does a future of possibly declining budgets hold for large prime contractors and thousands of lower tier subs that supply piece parts, assemblies, components and subsystems? And what about service providers and, especially, the ammunition sector?
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