<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Extra! Extra!</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/extra-extra/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:24:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Adios Global Hawk, U-2 Will Stick Around (updated)</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/adios-global-hawk-u-2-will-stick-around/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/adios-global-hawk-u-2-will-stick-around/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:56:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Skool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wow, so it looks like we’re seeing the first of the upcoming budget cuts for the Air Force trickle out. The AP is reporting that the Air Force is cancelling the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude spy drone opting instead to keep the legendary U-2 Dragon Lady in service (for now, anyway)! 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Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15637</guid> <description><![CDATA[Iran’s Press TV news channel is showing images of what is allegedly the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone that Iranian electronic warfare troops brought down intact. American defense officials have acknowledged that a Sentinel — apparently operating out of Shindand in Eastern Afghanistan (notice that satellite pics of the base haven’t been updated in years, they [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/iranian-tv-shows-captured-rq-170/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>260</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Counterfeit Parts Found on P-8 Posiedons</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/08/counterfeit-parts-found-on-new-p-8-posiedons/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/08/counterfeit-parts-found-on-new-p-8-posiedons/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:12:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acquisition Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15268</guid> <description><![CDATA[Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich) just dropped a couple of very alarming tales during a hearing about counterfeit parts making their way into brand new U.S. military weapons. Earlier this year, Boeing and the Navy found that the ice detection system on a brand new P-8 Poseidon was defective. The ice detection [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/08/counterfeit-parts-found-on-new-p-8-posiedons/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>90</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NATO Airstrike May Have Hit Gadhafi’s Convoy</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/20/nato-airstrike-may-have-hit-gadhafis-convoy/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/20/nato-airstrike-may-have-hit-gadhafis-convoy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:46:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15074</guid> <description><![CDATA[The latest AP reports out of Libya say that it was a NATO strike may have killed Gadhafi. We’ve got calls in to the Pentagon. More to come. From the AP: Libya’s information minister said Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/20/nato-airstrike-may-have-hit-gadhafis-convoy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>29</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>First F-35A JSF Arrives at Eglin AFB</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/15/first-f-35a-jsf-arrives-at-eglin-afb/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/15/first-f-35a-jsf-arrives-at-eglin-afb/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13692</guid> <description><![CDATA[Going into what appears to so far be a mercifully cool (high-70s) Friday afternoon here in Washington, I had to point out this piece of historic news: Just yesterday the Air Force received its first production model F-35 Lightinng II Joint Strike Fighter to fly in a non-testing role. This move marks the beginning of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/15/first-f-35a-jsf-arrives-at-eglin-afb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>59</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Army Suspends Use of New Parachute</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/14/army-suspends-use-of-new-parachute/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/14/army-suspends-use-of-new-parachute/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:34:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13677</guid> <description><![CDATA[So the Army just suspended use of its first new parachute in 50 years, the T-11, following the death of a Fort Bragg soldier killed during a training jump with the chute. The square-shaped T-11 is more than 20-percent larger than the old circular T-10 and is designed to fall slower than the old parachute; something that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/14/army-suspends-use-of-new-parachute/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>11</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Space Shuttle’s Final Launch</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/08/the-space-shuttles-final-launch/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/08/the-space-shuttles-final-launch/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:41:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13608</guid> <description><![CDATA[And she’s off. Here’s video of Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off on the final mission for the iconic spacecraft. Atlantis lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., about two hours ago carrying four astronauts on a 12-day mission to deliver a year’s worth of supplies to the international space station and haul as much trash as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/08/the-space-shuttles-final-launch/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>73</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Navy One Step Closer To UAV Carrier Ops</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/07/navy-one-step-closer-to-uav-carrier-ops/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/07/navy-one-step-closer-to-uav-carrier-ops/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:53:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13591</guid> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy just got a little closer to its goal of routinely flying combat drones off carriers by the close of the decade when an F/A-18 Hornet landed itself on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) using flight control software designed for the Northrop-Grumman-built X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator or UCAS-D. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/07/navy-one-step-closer-to-uav-carrier-ops/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>39</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rummy on Afghanistan and Libya</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/30/rummy-on-afghanistan-and-libya/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/30/rummy-on-afghanistan-and-libya/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:51:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=12599</guid> <description><![CDATA[During the 2011 Milblog conference in Arlington, Va., keynote speaker Donald Rumsfeld shared his thoughts on the Obama administration’s handling of Afghanistan and the NATO operation over Libya. On Afghanistan, Rumsfeld criticized some in the administration who, both on the record and off, denounce Karzai as corrupt. If your goal is to not be there, if [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/30/rummy-on-afghanistan-and-libya/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Japanese Quake and Tsunami May Have Wiped Out Fighter Squadron</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/03/14/japanese-quake-may-have-wiped-out-fighter-squadron/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/03/14/japanese-quake-may-have-wiped-out-fighter-squadron/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:33:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contingency Ops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trimble on the Case]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=11830</guid> <description><![CDATA[Damn. That’s a picture of a Japanese F-2B fighter swept into a building during last week’s earthquake and tsunami that hit the island nation. The quake may have wiped out an entire squadron of the Mitsubishi-built fighters, which are essentially a bigger version of Lockheed’s F-16. There are rumors that other squadrons have been similarly hit. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/03/14/japanese-quake-may-have-wiped-out-fighter-squadron/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>24</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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