An internal study prepared by U.S. Southern Command for Pentagon leaders touts the performance of an unorthodox ship called Stiletto that could change the face of counterdrug operations in littoral waters, Inside the Pentagon has learned. Defense officials are already planning more testing for the ship as well as another deployment to SOUTHCOM's area of responsibility in 2009, according to Capt. Jim Hruska, a transformation strategist with the Defense Department. The ship will conduct "experimentation of technologies in the Norfolk,...
