The Magazine of Future Wafare

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.