by Kris Osborn on September 26, 2014

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The Office of Naval Research is testing a solid-state, vehicle-mounted laser weapon designed to incinerate a range of air and ground targets such as enemy drones, rockets and even IEDs, service officials told Military​.com.

“Air defense covers rockets, artillery, mortars, UAVs, vehicles and IEDs – anything you can kill with a laser. This program is focused on going after the UAV threat. As we move into the future that broader threat set is fair game,” said Lee Mastroianni, program manager for the so-called Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move Program, or GBAD,

Using volumetric radar, command and control systems and a laser kill platform, the GBAD is a small, compact mobile weapons system designed to integrate onto a HMMWV or Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, said Mastroianni.
The GBAD is being prepared for a 10-kilowatt laser weapon demonstration in February of next year, Mastroianni explained.

Upcoming demonstrations are likely to be held at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va., China Lake, Calif., or White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

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http://defensetech.org/2014/09/26/navy-tests-new-vehicle-mounted-laser-weapon/#more-23774

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New U.S. war strategy is to use stand-off weapons technology (from F-22, stand-off munitions, energy weapons - land, sea, and space based, sub based nuclear missiles, airborne, seaborne, and land borne drones, and land battle drones, bio weapon solutions - like those now being deployed, and population control systems - HAARP, cellular, and other wireless systems, radio, TV, movie, video, chinema subliminal programing, economical slaves, and more).

Boots on the ground is left to those programed.

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Dempsey: US Ground Combat Troops Possible in Islamic State Fight

Sep 16, 2014 | by Richard Sisk

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said Tuesday that he would recommend deploying U.S. ground troops with the Iraqi army to combat the Islamic State if local forces fail to make progress under cover of U.S. airstrikes.

More:

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/09/16/dempsey-us-ground-combat-troops-possible-in-islamic-state-fight.html

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U.S. ground troops made of illegal immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship to replace mercenaries that now make ISIL.
If they survive.

It is a 2014 corner stone.

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