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  • July 2008
    • Taliban Shows Fresh Fangs in US Base Attack

      Taliban Shows Fresh Fangs in US Base Attack

      (Newser) - The Taliban demonstrated complex tactics and a renewed taste for conventional warfare in the attack on a remote outpost that claimed the lives of nine US soldiers yesterday, Reuters reports. The militants drove the residents from a nearby village and used it as a base of operations from which to launch their offensive, which briefly breached the outpost’s defenses. More »

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      Pakistan   Afghanistan   Taliban   NATO   US Army   suicide bombing   warfare

  • August 2007
    • Gun-Toting Robots Patrol Iraq

      Gun-Toting Robots Patrol Iraq

      (Newser) - Heavily armed, remote-controlled robots are on the ground in Iraq—a first in military history. Only three of these robo-soldiers, armed with M249 machine guns, are currently deployed, but the Army has requested 80 more. Their location is classified, but officials report they're involved in reconnaissance and street patrol missions. The 'bots  "haven't fired their weapons yet," the program manager tells Wired . "But that'll be happening soon." More »

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      Iraq   technology   military   robots   warfare

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