Afghan War Demands Flexible Weaponry

By David A. Fulghum
Langley AFB, Va.

During the next 18 months, the ability of a conventionally based military to reshape itself into a surgical strike unit that can irreparably damage or misdirect a flexible, quick-learning and fast-moving irregular force will be tested by the U.S. in Afghanistan.

That critical period also will see early products from the accelerating convergence of small, precise new weapons ...

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