Editorial
V-22 Osprey Update - America's biggest fraud continues
KC-53F Airborne Air Carriers CL-130s Chuck Spinney Tracy Ralphs MacGregor Cebrwoski
Carlton Meyer editorG2mil@Gmail.com
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December 2001 Articles
Letters - comments from G2mil readers
Resurrecting Transformation - for the Post-Industrial Era
Global Marines - U.S. Marines must deploy worldwide, not just to Japan
Assault Boots - foot and leg protection are needed
Tethered Bombs - tie strings of bombs together
Liberty Ships - are needed for morale
RAH-60 Gunhawks - use the AC-130 concept to fire guns from above
Wiesels - Helicopter carried armored combat vehicles (info from contractor)
The LOSAT Fraud - a stupid idea gets funded
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Special Afghan War Supplement
Afghan Scouts - the US Army will need them
Operation Enduring Freedom - official US Military site for the war
Bioterrorism Slides - UCSF lecture
Commando Operations - details on American Special Operations Units
Killing Pablo - on-line book details a billion dollar effort to "terminate" a major Columbian drug lord
G2mil Library
Previous G2mil - November 2001 issue
Library Tour - visit G2mil's library (Book reviews are now open to visitors)
Library Entrance - members only
All material in G2mil Copyright 2001 G2mil, patents pending on some items. Links to the index page (www.G2mil.com) are encouraged, other page names change often.
While General Dynamics spends millions of taxpayer dollars to tinker with its ultra-expensive LAV-III so it can squeeze into a C-130, one wonders why Textron doesn't complain. The Army claimed to want a proven "off-the-shelf" LAV as an "interim" vehicle, and Textron has been selling a smaller six-wheeled LAV with a 105mm gun on the overseas market for years. The Marine Corps had already tested a 105mm gun on the eight-wheeled LAV type General Dynamics will use, and found it too unstable. However, the Army bought off objections by ordering some armored cars from Textron too, called the Armored Security Vehicle. Now the Army will have two types of armored cars, which costs much more since they require different parts, different mechanics, even different tires.