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...Most important, the U.S. military's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles?UAVs to the military, drones to everybody else?is increasing in sophistication and capability. Rumsfeld, conducting an exhaustive review of how the U.S. wages war, is convinced the time has come to rely more on cheap drones. Last year Congress?concerned over the American public's skittishness about U.S. casualties?told the Pentagon it wants one-third of U.S. bombing missions flown by unmanned warplanes...
...official report from the three admirals who took testimony from 33 witnesses at last month's court of inquiry into the sinking of the Japanese ship has now been handed to Admiral Thomas Fargo, chief of the Pacific Fleet. On the basis of their report, Fargo must decide whether to submit Waddle to a court-martial or give him some lesser form of Navy punishment. One possibility: an administrative proceeding known as an admiral's mast, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 days of confinement to quarters, 60 days of restricted duty and forfeiture of a month...
Most important, the U.S. military's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles--UAVs to the military, drones to everybody else--is increasing in sophistication and capability. Rumsfeld, conducting an exhaustive review of how the U.S. wages war, is convinced the time has come to rely more on cheap drones. Last year Congress--concerned over the American public's skittishness about U.S. casualties--told the Pentagon it wants one-third of U.S. bombing missions flown by unmanned warplanes...
...kept him out of the Air Force, and at Annapolis he flunked a vision test, which ruled out flying altogether. He then tried out for the submarine program and got in, passing the rigorous psychological testing that is designed to ensure that the men who run America's submarine fleet can endure the confines of a sub for long periods...
...Chinese noticed that the U.S. was very careful about how it handled this crisis. Washington could have sent more of the Pacific Fleet toward the region. China also could have sent ships out to meet them, which apparently has not happened. The impression here may be that the U.S. has sent the Kitty Hawk on its course, but that it might change that course toward China if the results of the Beijing meeting are unsatisfactory to the U.S., and I'm sure China would consider that very provocative and unhelpful...