General Petraeus Recommended for CENTCOM Chief
- Posted by Beth on April 23rd, 2008 filed in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War military · Petraeus
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Veterans for McCain
- Posted by Beth on March 17th, 2008 filed in 2008 election, General, John McCain, Politics, Support the Troops military · veterans
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Navy Missile Takes Out Falling Satellite
If anyone’s deserving of a promotion, it’s General David Petraeus.
Army Gen. David Petraeus has been asked to take over the U.S. military’s Central Command, which oversees combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press.
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Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno is expected to take command of coalition forces in Iraq, according to CNN and AP.
CNN has streaming live coverage (so does Fox News) of the press conference, and of course it’s on teevee right now.
More at Hot Air for the moment. Abu Muqawama says the real story, buried by CNN, is that LTG Odierno is headed back to Iraq to replace Petraeus. I’ll be waiting for insider commentary in the comments there, and at the Small Wars Journal and Blackfive.
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The video showed the three-stage SM-3 missile launching from the USS Lake Erie at 10:26 p.m. EST, northwest of Hawaii, and of the missile’s small “kill vehicle” — a non-explosive device at the tip — maneuvering into the path of the satellite and colliding spectacularly.
He said the satellite and the kill vehicle collided at a combined speed of 22,000 mph about 130 miles above Earth’s surface, and that the collision was confirmed at a space operations center at 10:50 p.m. EST.
Asked about the satisfaction felt among those in the military who had organized the shootdown on short notice by modifying missile software and other components, Cartwright smiled widely.
“Yes, this was uncharted territory. The technical degree of difficulty was significant here,” Cartwright said. “You can imagine that at the point of intercept there were a few cheers that went up.”
Okay, back to my New York Times sleaze-journalism headache. :sigh:
UPDATE: Better video.
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