Military experts doubt Sweden’s ability to defend itself
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DefenceTalkMilitary experts said Sweden was probably unable to defend itself on its own in the event of an invasion, in a report published Thursday, saying the armed forces lacked necessary resources. “Can We Defend Ourselves For a Week?” the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences asked in the title of its report. Sweden is not […]https://www.defencetalk.com/military-experts-doubt-swedens-ability-to-defend-itself-46820/
US Military Invests in Smartphone Device That Scans, IDs Faces
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DefenceTalkThe US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $3 million research contract to California-based AOptix to develop “groundbreaking” technology that could one day allow troops in the field to use a smartphone to scan and record facial features and identity people from a distance, AOptix announced Wednesday. “The DOD saw an early version of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-invests-in-smartphone-device-that-scans-ids-faces-46824/
Congested Frequencies: How To Improve Bandwidth Access for Military Use
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DefenceTalkMilitary radars, military communications networks, and commercial communications networks all require increasing amounts of limited radio frequency spectrum. Balancing national security requirements of radars and military networks with the growing bandwidth demands of commercial wireless data networks calls for innovative approaches to managing spectrum access. DARPA’s Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications (SSPARC) program […]https://www.defencetalk.com/congested-frequencies-how-to-improve-bandwidth-access-for-military-use-46729/
Is A Hollow Military Better Than One That Is Too Small?
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DefenceTalkWith the sequestration doomsday clock clicking ever closer to midnight, the Pentagon has weighed in with its apocalyptic predictions. As described in text and multi-colored charts, the services will respond to sequestration by, in part, furloughing hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, eliminating planned maintenance events for hundreds of ships, planes and vehicles, reducing training […]https://www.defencetalk.com/is-a-hollow-military-better-than-one-that-is-too-small-46731/
US withdraws military equipment through Pakistan
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DefenceTalkThe US military has started to withdraw equipment from Afghanistan through Pakistan ahead of next year’s deadline for combat troops to leave the war against the Taliban, an official said Monday. Two convoys, each hauling 25 shipping containers, entered Pakistan at the Chaman and Torkham border crossings on Sunday as part of the US redeployment […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-withdraws-military-equipment-through-pakistan-46747/
Syria says Israel hit military research center
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DefenceTalkAn Israeli air strike hit a military research centre near Damascus at dawn on Wednesday, the Syrian army said, denying reports that the raid targeted a weapons convoy near the Lebanese border. Residents who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, however, said the strike targeted a non-conventional weapons research centre some 15 kilometres (10 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-says-israel-hit-military-research-center-46617/