Here’s the Pentagon specific portion of the Obama budget, just released. No commentary as of yet, still have to read it. Update – Reader Bdwilcox had me laughing with this comment, down below: Why bother reading it? Congress voted on an $800 billion “stimulus package” without reading it, so why should we hold you to […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2009
David Axe reports: Under current plans, the Royal Navy circa 2020 will be a very strange force. There will be just six high-end warships to protect two 65,000-ton super-carriers, plus a mixed flotilla of old Type 23s and FSCs numbering just over a dozen. Itll be a top-heavy force with too few destroyers to escort […]
Back in 2008, US Pacific Command scored big when they knocked down a decaying US satellite with a sea-launched interceptor. Now ABC reports that CINCPAC, Adm. Timothy Keating, is ready to break out the flyswatter again — this time under operational conditions. In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, Adm. Timothy Keating, head […]
Okay, folks, something’s gotta give, money-wise. As we dicussed in a recent post and podcast, the VH-71 is in the crosshairs for severe reductions if not outright cancellation. These are bad times to be a program 100 percent over budget and a couple of years behind schedule. Moreover, these are bad times PERIOD. Now I […]
Russian manipulation has led to the government of the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan telling the United States that it must cease using its Manas air base. The base is of major importance to U.S. operations and support of the conflict in Afghanistan. Until 1991, Kyrgyzstan had been a part of the Soviet Union. And, […]
