by Allen McDuffee | Mar 6, 2014 | Monitor
The Pentagon learned in August 2013 — when the U.S. came close to striking Syria over the Assad regime’s use of sarin gas — that it was woefully unprepared to face chemical or biological weapons on the battlefield. Now Darpa thinks it has a solution,...
by Kris Alexander | Jul 16, 2012 | Monitor
Syrian President Bashar Assad (center) at a 2007 banquet honoring Syria’s armed forces. Photo: AP/Sana What’s worse than a power-mad dictator with weapons of mass destruction? A power-mad dictator who may be about to lose them. This is the situation the...