Low-Tech Weapons, Training Key to DOD Plans for Terror War Alliances

By Jason Sherman / March 17, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The high-tech U.S. military is eyeing a mix of low-tech weapons and new training to execute a central objective of the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review -- enhancing partner nations' ability to independently fight terrorist networks, according to senior military officials. After decades of encouraging the sale of high-tech weapon systems like fighter aircraft and main battle tanks to friends and allies, the Pentagon increasingly wants to provide more rudimentary capabilities -- such as uniforms, body armor, radios and trucks...

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