Roadside bombs kill too much. Pilots cost too much. Answer: an unmanned helicopter to ferry supplies to troops in the most dangerous corners of the world. This recent exercise shows it can be done. Next stop: a six-month field test in Afghanistan starting this fall.
The Helluvacopter
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Trash Talk…
Trash can be deadly. You can get a hint of that from the contract solicitation issued Tuesday by the Defense Logistics Agency’s European disposition office seeking “hazardous waste services in southwest Asia.”
Americans Choose Up Sides — Japan Over China
TOKYO – Maybe it’s sympathy from last year’s triple disasters or maybe it’s just China being China. But for what it’s worth, Americans increasingly view Japan as its most important ally in Asia.
