The Perfect Soldier: Special Operations, Commandos, and the Future of Us Warfare by James F. Dunnigan

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Dirty Little Secrets

Jim Dunnigan's Dirty Little Secrets is a collection of facts, anecdotes, descriptions and revelations about current military affairs. Each item is less than a thousand words. Designed for easy reading and high information density. A mosaic of insights and revelations about military affairs. Some unbelieveable items that, are, unfortunately, true.

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Chasing the F-22
12/30/2006
The Chinese Paper Tiger
12/30/2006
Russians Turn on Korean Slaves
12/29/2006
Type 214 Stumbles Into Greece
12/27/2006
Taliban Orders Its Troops To Lay Off the Sodomy
12/26/2006
Excalibur Lost in Neverwhere
12/26/2006
Plans for North Korea
12/24/2006
Sex, Lies, and Videotape in Iran
12/24/2006
And Then There Are the Problems No One Wants To Talk About
12/23/2006
Where Have All The Medals of Honor Gone
12/21/2006
The Combat Videos On YouTube
12/20/2006
Japan Demands F-22 Secrets
12/19/2006
China Steals Stealth Secrets
12/18/2006
Invisibility Paint
12/17/2006
Zipper Control Shakes Up SSBN Community
12/17/2006
Converted Cutters Collapse
12/16/2006
Attacking "The 600"
12/14/2006

12/14/2006
Friendly Fire Sinks Another U.S. Warship
12/12/2006
Iran Buys False Hope
12/12/2006
USAF Does The Unthinkable
12/10/2006
Adapting to Snipers
12/10/2006
Spies, Drugs and the U.S. Navy
12/8/2006
China Plans a Surprise
12/7/2006
Bombers Replace Artillery in Afghanistan
12/7/2006
Rafale Shot Down by Mirage F1 Refurbs
12/5/2006
More F-22s
12/4/2006
The Final Solution
12/3/2006
Enterprise All Over
12/3/2006
Germans Attack the United States
12/2/2006
Chinese Boat Gets Real Close to U.S. Carrier
12/1/2006
Born to be a Target
11/30/2006
F-18s Wearing Out Ahead of Schedule
11/28/2006
Smart Rocket Passes Trial by Combat
11/28/2006
The Hobbit Air Force
11/26/2006
Airbags Versus RPGs
11/25/2006
Acquiring Enemy Aircraft
11/25/2006
Folding Wings on Chinese Bomber
11/24/2006
Cheapskate North Korean Shells
11/23/2006
Akula On Fire
11/22/2006
China Tries to Keep Quiet
11/21/2006
The Atlantic Fleet Fades Away
11/20/2006
Iraq: Where It's All Heading
11/19/2006
Russians Stumble Into Japanese Air Space
11/18/2006
Japan Turns South
11/16/2006
Who Stole the Indian Me-109?
11/15/2006
British Radar Zaps Passing Cars
11/15/2006
Carrier Cost Catastrophe Coming
11/14/2006
Bulava Blows It
11/13/2006
The Myth of Invincible Americans
11/11/2006
Killing The F-117
11/10/2006
Why Buy Russian?
11/10/2006
French Barracudas On The Way
11/9/2006
The Secret Terrorist SUV Fleet
11/8/2006
'Army Strong' Meets 'Marines Better'
11/7/2006
Why U-2s Must Lose Their Pilots
11/5/2006
Calling Out the New York Times
11/5/2006
Toys From Hell
11/4/2006
The British Are Different
11/3/2006
The Undead Missile
11/2/2006
France Running Short of Commandos
11/1/2006
SDB Finally Goes to War
10/30/2006
Preparations to Grab Kuwait
10/29/2006
MiG-21 Still in Production
10/29/2006
Carrier Converted to Amphibious Use
10/28/2006
Swedish Harpoon Lands in Poland
10/26/2006
Screw the Sanctions, Blame America
10/26/2006
Forbidden Truths
10/25/2006
Why No One Steals Russian Nukes
10/23/2006
What JDAM Hath Wrought
10/22/2006
Russian Assassins in Iraq
10/22/2006
Chinese Anti-Satellite Laser
10/22/2006
Things Are Not Looking Well In Cuba
10/22/2006
How The Kurds Succeeded, And Why No One Cares
10/22/2006
China's J10C Ground Attack Aircraft
10/22/2006
M-24 Forever
10/22/2006
Russian Heavy Bombers Back In Business
10/22/2006
Clever South Korean Missile Strategy
10/22/2006
Outsourcing Combat Reporting to the Enemy
10/22/2006
RPGs Are Overrated
10/22/2006
Britain Still Rules
10/22/2006
The Joke's on Osama
10/22/2006
Yankee Threatens to Go Home
10/22/2006
Frankenships Shunned By All
10/22/2006
The North Replaces Its Army With Something New
10/22/2006
North Korea Awakens the Sleeping Giant
10/22/2006
A T-72 for the 21st Century
10/22/2006
The USN Notes The Passing of an Era
10/14/2006
Beretta Backers Beat Down the .45 Revival
10/4/2006
40mm Smart Shells
10/3/2006
Iraqi Tribes Turn on al Qaeda
10/1/2006
30mm Everywhere
10/1/2006
Comparison Killed the Video Star
9/30/2006
Taliban Announce a Retreat
9/29/2006
Beyond Stealth in the F-22
9/27/2006
Why Europeans Just Like to Watch
9/26/2006
Germans Go For Land Warrior
9/25/2006
Another Cold War Fringe Benefit
9/24/2006
A Few Good Nukes
9/23/2006
China Admires the New American Way of War
9/23/2006
Doing the Math in Anbar
9/22/2006
Suicide Boats
9/21/2006
Take My Leopards, Please!
9/20/2006
Iran's Fantasy Fighter
9/18/2006
Hawk SAMs Carried by F-14s
9/17/2006
China's ICBMs Neutralized
9/17/2006
Old Subs Do Eventually Die
9/15/2006
Hybrid Engine Brings Silent Death
9/15/2006
Israel Gets Super Subs
9/13/2006
The Last Cruiser
9/12/2006
Iran's Cop Killer Bullets
9/12/2006
North Korea's Secret Weapon
9/10/2006
America Revives the Assault Gun
9/10/2006
Iranian C-802 Anti-Ship Missiles Suck
9/9/2006
Russia Goes For the Fifth Generation, Again
9/7/2006
More Russian Airborne Armor Arrives
9/7/2006
Roadside Bombs Not What They Used to Be
9/6/2006
Python 5 Gets First Kill
9/4/2006
Secret Arab Aid to Israel
9/4/2006
Longbow Dies In the Mountains
9/3/2006
Homosexuality Defeated Israel in Lebanon
9/2/2006
Made In Iraq; the M-1A1SA
9/1/2006
The Favorites Don't Look Like Tanks
8/31/2006
A-10 Forever
8/30/2006
Gone in 15 Minutes
8/29/2006
Submarine Sailor Spills Secrets
8/27/2006
The Lieutenants Friend
8/27/2006
Zelzal-2 Rockets in Lebanon
8/26/2006
Hizbollah ATGM Tactics
8/25/2006
Payback Time for the Lebanese Shia
8/23/2006
The Mexican Helicopter Carriers
8/23/2006
Ahmadinejad Seen As a Loser Back Home
8/22/2006
Smackdown Over Iran
8/20/2006
Britain Builds Watchkeeper
8/20/2006
Recycled as Sniper Rifles
8/19/2006
Lasers Over Lebanon
8/18/2006
Sad End for Oscar
8/16/2006
Why Venezuela Is Buying So Many Russian Weapons
8/16/2006
The Civil War Myth
8/15/2006
The Others
8/14/2006
New Russian Boomers Stumble
8/13/2006
Fatal Flaws in Arab Thinking
8/11/2006
Hizbollah Caught Planning an Atrocity
8/10/2006
The Phony War
8/9/2006
Humiliation in Afghanistan
8/9/2006
Stupid CIA Tricks
8/8/2006
Marines Throwing Wasps Into the Air
8/7/2006
Syria and Iran at Odds
8/6/2006
Chinese Anti-Ship Missiles in Lebanon
8/4/2006
Second Thoughts About Camouflage
8/4/2006
Let's Check the Track Records
8/2/2006
Hizbollahs Clever Plan for Victory
8/2/2006
Israel's Plans Unfold
8/1/2006
The Israeli War With Iran
7/30/2006
The Bomb in Lake Pontchartrain
7/29/2006
Russian Sniper Rifles in Iraq
7/28/2006
Hizbollah's Iranian Rocket Force
7/27/2006
Meteor Makes Mach 4
7/27/2006
CIA Cracks Indian Defenses
7/26/2006
Cracks in the Empire
7/24/2006

7/24/2006
North Korean Missile Victories
7/23/2006
Arabs Love American Uniforms
7/22/2006
Oops, We Thought You Were American
7/20/2006
The Next Crucial Battle of the War
7/20/2006
Airborne Ray Guns For The Fleet
7/19/2006
Taiwan's Nuclear Missiles
7/17/2006
The Mysterious Crash of a Wonder Jet
7/16/2006
Forget the Missiles, This is Even More Bizarre
7/16/2006
British Apache Comes Through
7/14/2006
Unexpected Consequences of UAVs
7/13/2006
This Machine-Gun Mount Matters
7/13/2006
Showdown Over Saddam's Daughter
7/12/2006
Cracks in the Empire
7/10/2006
Russia To Show The Americans How It's Done in Iraq
7/9/2006
Bushmaster Survives Iraq
7/8/2006
Blackhawk Beater Strikes Again
7/8/2006
Angst Over Arming Robots
7/7/2006
China's Super Tank is Made of Paper
7/5/2006
Why Iraq WMD Finds Were Kept Secret
7/5/2006
Treason You Can Get Away With
7/4/2006
Radar Gun Stops RPGs
7/2/2006
Where Has All The Firepower Gone?
7/2/2006
Anti-Americanism Has Reached A New Low
6/30/2006
Reviving the .45
6/29/2006
New and Improved 20mm Sniper Rifle
6/29/2006
Machine-Guns Disable Destroyers
6/27/2006
The Tank Shell That Scared Its Users
6/26/2006
Al Qaeda in Iraq Died For Our Sins
6/25/2006
Get the T-90s Out of the Kitchen
6/24/2006
Bushmaster Survives Iraq
6/24/2006
Brilliant Ships, Commanded by Morons
6/22/2006
U.S. Army Says 5.56mm Is Adequate
6/21/2006
Smart Dust Stalked Zarqawi
6/20/2006
Smart Bombs Force Change in Tactics on the Ground
6/19/2006
Sunni Arabs Seek Mercy and Peace
6/18/2006
Iranian Incompetence
6/17/2006
A Win for al Qaeda
6/17/2006
Mad Max in Baghdad
6/16/2006
It's All America's Fault
6/14/2006
What the British Did Not See
6/14/2006
Canada's Shame
6/13/2006
Cold War Surplus, Part II
6/11/2006
Let the Army Rot
6/11/2006

6/10/2006
Trends In Iraq You Don't Hear About
6/8/2006
The Varyag Mystery Deepens
6/7/2006
Now There's A Choice: Bullets or Laser?
6/7/2006
Fear and Loathing
6/6/2006
Russia Takes Baby Steps With New Bomber
6/5/2006
Snipers Versus "Spray and Pray"
6/4/2006
The Coming Islamic Republic of Russia
6/3/2006
Taliban Offensive Shot to Pieces
6/1/2006
Science Fiction Gets Left Behind
5/31/2006
The Biggest Kill House in Creation
5/31/2006
Let the Army Rot
5/30/2006
Britain Goes With Pinzgauer in Afghanistan
5/28/2006
Those Sneaky, Noisy, Canadians
5/28/2006
Taliban Video Cameras Eat Dust
5/27/2006
Iran's F-16 Maintenance Nightmare
5/26/2006
Why The Navy Hates Northrop Grumman
5/25/2006
F-35's Untried and Expensive Technology
5/24/2006
Weapons No One Can Afford
5/23/2006
Humiliation
5/21/2006
Hillbillies From Hell
5/21/2006
New Chinese F-16/MiG-29 Competitor
5/20/2006
Al Qaeda Admits Defeat
5/18/2006
Another Five Million Dollar Man Killed
5/18/2006
Europe's Dirty Little Secret
5/17/2006
The Armies of Ignorance
5/16/2006
Abrams in Oz
5/15/2006
It's All About Thieves and Iranians
5/14/2006
India Looking Harder at Iran
5/13/2006
Russia's LCS Eater
5/12/2006
Why Zarqawi Is All Alone
5/11/2006
Why the B-2 is Still a Hanger Queen
5/9/2006
Meanwhile, Turkish and Iranian Troops Mass on the Border
5/8/2006
Six Generals Shot Down By The Internet
5/8/2006
Russia Gets More Pretty Super Gunships
5/2/2006
The Truth About the Ellsworth Foam Monster
4/30/2006
Why U.S. Troops Re-Enlist in Record Numbers
4/29/2006
MiG-29 In A Box
4/28/2006
We Prefer The Marines
4/26/2006
Fairy Tales at War
4/26/2006
Why Iran Is Nervous
4/24/2006
Iran's High Speed Torpedo Scam
4/23/2006
India's Zombie Jet Fighter
4/23/2006
The Neighbors Are Nervous, and Suddenly Helpful
4/22/2006
Real Numbers in Iran
4/21/2006
Getting Serious About Shooting
4/20/2006
Mini-C-130 for U.S. Army and Air Force
4/19/2006
The Deceptive Little Friend
4/16/2006
Effectiveness of Ground Fire in Iraq
4/16/2006
U.S. Troops Ordered to Attack Ambushes
4/16/2006
Japan Reorganizes For War
4/15/2006
Troops Reject New Body Armor as Dangerous
4/14/2006
The Gripen Grabs the Best of Both Worlds
4/13/2006
New Powered Eyes For Marine Snipers
4/12/2006
Watch the Trends, Not the Headlines
4/10/2006
Recruiting the Dead, Missing and Unwilling
4/9/2006
Iran's Navy Goes Underwater to Win
4/9/2006
Iran's Defenses and How To Destroy Them
4/7/2006
Why Black Boats Got the Blues
4/7/2006
Why the Future is Fallujah
4/6/2006
Kill This Myth Before It Grows
4/5/2006
New Russian Boomers Reach the Finish Line
4/4/2006
The Captured al Qaeda Death List
4/2/2006
Al Qaeda Reinvents the Banzai Charge
4/2/2006
The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Russian Fleet
4/1/2006
Which Anti-Tank Missiles Are Best
3/31/2006
Keeping the Sahara Quiet
3/30/2006
Why Iran Needs Hundreds of IRBMs
3/29/2006
The Swiss Guard of Baghdad
3/28/2006
Why "People Power" Will Fail in Iran
3/27/2006
Iraq Loves Its Russian Mi-17 Helicopters
3/26/2006
Britain and France Build Robocarrier
3/25/2006
Iraq Loves Its Russian Mi-17 Helicopters
3/24/2006
Chinese Replacement for RPGs
3/23/2006
F-35B Melts Temporary Airfields
3/22/2006
The Bomb Builder of Baghdad Bagged
3/21/2006
Confronting the Three Year Rule
3/20/2006
Video Games Can Save Your Life
3/20/2006
Firing 25 Percent of the Army
3/19/2006
Russia and China Are Bought and Paid For
3/18/2006
The Scary Shadow of Iran
3/17/2006
Iran Tests Europe Busting Missile
3/16/2006
China Trains To Be A Bully
3/15/2006
American Ramjet Russian Missile Target
3/14/2006
Lose the Carrier, Not the Aircraft
3/13/2006
Japan Kicking Tires of the F-22
3/11/2006
U.S. Navy Forced to Sink Its Ships
3/10/2006
Why The USN Wants to Lose Two Carriers
3/8/2006
Why the Vark Has to Stay Dead
3/8/2006
Banning Bald Headed Bomber Pilots
3/7/2006
The TacAir Empire Strikes Back
3/6/2006
Chinese Secrets Revealed by Commercial Satellites
3/5/2006
Signs That the United States is About to Bomb Iran
3/4/2006
China and the Illegal F-16 Engine
3/3/2006
Sunni Arabs Sweat the Backlash
3/2/2006
Sidewinders for Anti-Aircraft Defense
3/1/2006
The Cartoon Riots Backfire
2/28/2006
Big Taliban Attack Busted Up
2/26/2006
The $66,000,000 Smart Bomb
2/26/2006
Predator Attack Did Get Al Qaeda Brass
2/25/2006
Iran's Winning Strategy
2/24/2006
German Court Backs Terrorist Tactics
2/22/2006
Sidewinders for Anti-Aircraft Defense
2/22/2006
The African Bin Laden
2/21/2006
Russians Go After Virginia
2/20/2006
Why Terrorist Activity Is Down
2/19/2006
What the Chinese Really Believe
2/18/2006
Gunfire On the Chinese Border
2/17/2006
China Attacks, No One Notices
2/16/2006
The Mexican Army Invades the United States
2/15/2006
Sunni Arab Sniper Makes The Most Wanted List
2/14/2006
An Intimidating Machine-Gun
2/12/2006
Why .45 Matters
2/12/2006
Iran: Rumors of War, And Other Useful Stuff
2/10/2006
EMP Warhead Tested
2/9/2006
British Infantry Fading Away
2/8/2006
The Enemy Professionals in Iraq
2/7/2006
Why the T-72 Market Thrives
2/6/2006
Using Vomit as a Weapon
2/5/2006
U.S. Brings Back the .45
2/5/2006
Russian Slat Armor
2/4/2006
An M-60 Machine-Gun That Really Works
2/3/2006
Taming the Wild West
1/31/2006
The Enemy Professionals in Iraq
1/30/2006
The Geek Advantage
1/29/2006
Iran's Ramshackle Air Force
1/28/2006
The $200 Magic Bullet
1/27/2006
Pilots Surrender to UAVs
1/26/2006
Iran's Search for New Big Ships
1/25/2006
Delusions to Die For
1/24/2006
Another Record Long Sniper Shot
1/23/2006
China Tries to Hide the Truth About Japan
1/20/2006
Strykers Refurbished After Iraq
1/20/2006
China Tries to Sell Stolen U.S. Technology
1/19/2006
F-35 Pushing Down Price of F-16
1/18/2006
Getting the F-22A into Action
1/17/2006
The Israeli Death Ray
1/16/2006
What the Troops Buy With Their Own Money
1/15/2006
Pimp My T-55
1/14/2006
Bye Bye Battleships
1/13/2006
Culture Clash, Public Order and How the War is Fought
1/12/2006
Why No F-22 Exports
1/11/2006
A-10 Impact in Afghanistan
1/10/2006
Hard Times in the Heartland
1/9/2006
German Infantry Get Their Puma
1/8/2006
The Big Picture in China
1/7/2006
Pentagon Forced To Ship Ray Gun to Iraq
1/5/2006
American SSGN Enters Service
1/5/2006
Sexual Activity in Wartime
1/4/2006
License to Kill Revoked
1/3/2006
Female American Infantry in Iraq
1/2/2006
India versus Americans
1/1/2006

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