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National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons	Army, Marine Corps Succeed in Rapidly Fielding Specialized Individual Weapons In February, the Army began arming troops with the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System, which can be fitted to the underside of an M4 carbine barrel. It offers troops the ability to carry one gun with the power of two.
National Defense March 2013 Dan Parsons	Industry Shooting for Army's First New Rifle in Half Century The M16's streak as the longest-running standard U.S. infantry rifle could be ended later this year when the Army announces results from two years of sorting through candidates for the "individual carbine" competition.
BusinessWeek February 25, 2010 Paul Barrett	Rambo Rifles for Weekend Hunters The "Modern Sporting Rifle" is a hot seller. Please, just don't call it an assault weapon.
Wired January 2007 Clive Thompson	My 4-Week Quest: Shoot Straighter For one month, the author did everything possible (and legal) to shoot straighter. Here is his journal.
National Defense November 2015 Jim Schatz	U.S. Military Losing Edge in Small Arms The current U.S. Army small arms development and acquisition system is dysfunctional and virtually unworkable, even for those within the system.
National Defense September 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marines buying powerful telescopes for every rifleman in fighting units The total number soon will surpass 600,000, said the program manager for optics and non-lethal systems at Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va.
American History October 2007 James B. Daniels	The Battle of Chippewa An unlikely victory on the Canadian side of the Niagara River during the War of 1812 helped transform the motley U.S. Army into a professional fighting force.
Popular Mechanics May 28, 2008 Erik Sofge	Gaming's Guns of Tomorrow: Ready For War--or Inspiration? Futuristic shooter games always balance the pace with modern defense technology with the arsenal of fair game play. Do developers go overboard with the cosmetics of carnage, or could their weapons inform the 22nd-century military?
Popular Mechanics March 25, 2008 Erik Sofge	Shooting for Realism: How Accurate are Video-Game Weapons? As with many video games, particularly military-themed first-person shooters (FPS), with the just-released Rainbow Six Vegas 2 you can't wait to step into the line of fire.
Popular Mechanics May 2009 David Hambling	UAV Helicopter Brings Finesse to Airstrikes The Defense Department is seeking weapons for UAVs that can strike enemies but limit collateral damage, especially in cities.
Popular Mechanics July 14, 2008 Erik Sofge	Top 5 High-Tech Guns for Next-Gen Infantry Reviews of five new weapons technologies are provided
Defense Update Issue 4, 2004	Infantry Combat Suits Particularly advanced infantry combat suits, are currently under development and should be fielded within the next five years, improving the capabilities of dismounted infantry in urban warfare.
National Defense March 2013	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers comment on new soldier weapons, countering pirates at sea, and clarify the history of World War II.
Parameters Summer 2004 Ralph Peters	In Praise of Attrition There is no shame in calling reality by its proper name. We are fighting, and will fight, wars of attrition.
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
BusinessWeek December 11, 2006 Hardy Green	The Reliable Killer "AK-47 The Weapon That Changed the Face of War" is a chilling account of the Soviet automatic rifle's global impact.
National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons	Outdated Weapons Bring Calls for Speedier Upgrades The average age of a small-arms weapon in use by the Army is more than 30 years, far older than most of the soldiers who rely on them in combat.
AskMen.com Michael Hodges	5 Things You Didn't Know: AK-47 The author of AK-47: The Story of the People's Gun lets us in on a few little-known facts about the AK-47 he uncovered while researching his work.
National Defense February 2005 Roxana Tiron	Iraqi Special Forces Need More Training, Equipment Iraqi commando units, known as special forces, continue to be hampered by equipment and training shortcomings, a Washington think tank expert contends.
AskMen.com Aaron Broverman	Top 10: Future Weapons In the wrong hands, these weapons could pick entire civilizations clean, but thankfully when used with striking precision and tactical strategy these weapons mean more of the good guys survive, while all that evil never stands a chance.
Wired November 27, 2007 Noah Shachtman	How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social -- Not Electronic A network-centric approach to war allows us to swiftly locate our target and destroy it, but it doesn't allow us to connect with local people to rebuild a city.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Adaptive Foe Thwarts Counter-IED Efforts Coalition forces are engaged in an ongoing invisible combat in the radio and infrared spectra. Iraqi insurgents have progressed from simple trip wires to infrared devices to set off improvised explosive devices.
America's Civil War Alan R. Koenig	Railroad's Critical Role in the Civil War Railroads played a critical role to both sides during America's Civil War, in support of each side's armies and economies.
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Complex Realities Lie Behind U.S. Rush to Train Iraqi Army It has become crystal clear that fielding a competent Iraqi Army is a tenet of the U.S. exit strategy. What is far less apparent is what exactly constitutes a competent Iraqi fighting force, and how long it will be before it can relieve American troops.
Parameters Winter 2005/2006 Jeffrey Record	Why the Strong Lose Why has the United States fared consistently well against such powerful enemies as Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union, but its record against lesser foes is decidedly mixed?
National Defense March 2014 Dan Parsons	Industry Melds Smartphones to Rifles The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been seeking smart-rifle technologies for years.
National Defense July 2005 Harold Kennedy	Back to the Drawing Board: Army Rewrites Small Arms Plans Army leaders have concluded that the service's current inventory of small arms is ill suited to the guerrilla wars that U.S. ground forces now are fighting.
Reason February 2002 Chris Bray	The Media and GI Joe How the press gets the military wrong -- and why it matters...
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Robert N. Charette	Open-Source Warfare Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learn -- and the West is struggling to keep up. The conflict in Iraq highlights how the open global access to increasingly powerful technological tools is in effect allowing small groups to declare war on nations.
Parameters Summer 2004 Gordon & Sollinger	The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it.
World War II November 2006 David P. Colley	African American Platoons in World War II In March 1945, black volunteers forced the first breach in the U.S. Army's color barrier -- the first black soldiers officially serving shoulder to shoulder with whites in an American infantry unit since George Washington was in command of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Popular Mechanics September 12, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	6 American Weapons Systems to Rearm Iraqi Army for Withdrawal This week the Wall Street Journal reported that Iraq is starting to inquire about the purchase of F-16 fighters from the United States -- another step in the process of the expected military withdrawal.
National Defense June 2014 Dan Parsons	Covert Weapons Top Special Ops Wish List Special Operations Command in late April released a detailed solicitation of equipment Commander Adm. William McRaven envisions as "game-changing" technologies for future commandos.
National Defense July 2005 Frank Colucci	Custom-Designed Rifle Aims to Fit Commandos' Special Needs U.S. special operations forces this summer will begin testing a new assault rifle, which is expected to be more accurate and less cumbersome than current weapons.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Palmeri & Crock	Evening The Odds In A Guerrilla War Helped by feedback from Iraq, companies are speeding up weapons design. Defense contractors are also looking to retool weapons.
National Defense October 2006 Grace Jean	Armies Around Globe Trotting out High-tech Warrior Ensembles In as little as two years, soldiers will begin wearing kits designed to seamlessly accommodate and connect all their advanced gadgets and weapons, effectively turning each individual into an informational "node" within the larger troop network.
Wired April 21, 2008 Sharon Weinberger	Best: Never-Used Weapon Systems, From the USSR's Ekranoplan to the Puckle Gun A list of weapons systems that are probably best left in storage.
Military History May 2007	Letters From Readers Due Credit for Dental Officers... Beyond Hardtack... Early Jack... Flagships of our Fathers... etc.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2007	Modern Combat Gear for the Infantry New trends in infantry gear: Combat experience in the war against terror has reshaped military thinking.
National Defense March 2005 Roxana Tiron	Insurgents Learn to Exploit U.S. Military's Vulnerabilities As insurgents continue to develop more lethal means to attack U.S. forces and allies in Iraq, both military and private security officials have been conducting briefings on how to recognize and avoid the ubiquitous threats of suicide bombs, roadside mines and ambushes.
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National Defense January 2014 Dan Parsons	Efforts Continue to Replace Army, Air Force Small Arms The Air Force will spearhead an effort to find a suitable replacement for the Beretta M9 pistol, introduced in 1985. The Army, which is a mutual partner in the endeavor, scrapped in 2013 a five-year effort to replace the M4 carbine.