General Lord told Congress last month that Global Strike would be "an incredible capability" to destroy command centers or missile bases "anywhere in the world". Pentagon documents say the weapon, called the common aero vehicle, could strike from halfway around the world in 45 minutes.
The system's limitations contributed to a number of issues during the August 2011 riots, the report found, including the inability to monitor key incidents; slow communication with commanders on the ground; the lack of capability to hand over command to the oncoming team; and the inability to log key decisions and rationales for future review.
They thus had the capability to destroy reinforced command bunkers and missile silos deep within enemy territory.
In a computer chip, programmability means the capability to alter a command, so that one chip can perform a variety of prescribed functions and produce a variety of prescribed outcomes.
He is quoted as saying that there is proof that Jews were the terrorists because only they had the capability to neutralize the automatic pilot, command the control tower, erase the black boxes and infiltrate the White House and Pentagon.
Ahead of the May anniversary, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told reporters on Friday that bin Laden's death was not a "silver bullet," but that it, along with the killings of other Qaeda leaders, had "prevented them from having the command and control capability to be able to put together an attack similar to 9/11".
In comments ahead of the first anniversary of the raid last May by United States Navy SEALs on Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Mr. Panetta said that the Bin Laden operation, along with other killings of Qaeda leaders, "has prevented them from having the command and control capability to be able to put together an attack similar to 9/11".
However, he said Col Gaddafi was "displaying a capability to exercise some level of command and control" and that Nato was still "very much involved" in military action.
The capability to induce REM sleep on command may offer a powerful tool for investigating its functions.
*Expand the existing Operations Center into a fully functional facility with information and communications capabilities to provide citywide command, control and operational planning for all emergencies.
