Todd South
Editor-at-large
Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
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Blast monitoring, better body armor in store for US special operators
From gloves to body armor, SOF expects to upgrade all their kit in the coming years.
Tech’s nice, but to fire artillery’s big guns soldiers must break out maps, charts and darts
Soldiers have to go through legacy training before they see new ways of firing.
Soldiers will run a platoon attack of robot vehicles from a Bradley in a test
After next year's event the Army plans to do a company-sized experiment by 2021.
Airborne Rangers test new civilian rucksack designed for parachute operations
The Rangers used three different sizes of the ruck in their equipment load for the jump.
Army training, weapons money aimed at countering Russia in North Macedonia
The Army is helping North Macedonia prepare for threat from Russia.
Pentagon scientists are making talking plasma laser balls for use as non-lethal weapons
Sounds can now move through the laser frequencies, and developers expect a usable weapon in the next five years.
Army researchers building ‘smart’ land mines for future combat
The service is finding ways to give soldiers land mine-like tools to shape the battlefield.
Report: Military leaders must speak up to prevent another Afghanistan
Author recommends changes in military doctrine, planning and culture when working with civilian counterparts.
Blast from the past: The Pentagon’s updated war plan for tactical nukes
How the military is preparing for full-scale combat operations in a post-nuclear battlefield.
These soldiers will have a drone in their pockets during their Afghanistan deployment
A contract will buy at least 1,000 minidrones to spread across the Army.
