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		<title>The F-35: Kicking Off Your Long Weekend</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/25/the-f-35-kicking-off-your-long-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s right, kick off this long weekend by watching this amazing high-def video of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ops out of Edwards Air Force Base in Calif. Enough said. Click through the jump for the video. H/t to Gizmodo.]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Iran’s Newest Attack Helos, Wait a Second…</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/25/introducing-irans-newest-attack-helos-wait-a-second/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing it’s tradition of reverse engineering and fabricating its stockpile of 40-year old American weaponry, Iran annoucned that it is about to unviel its first ever domestically produced Cobra attack choppers. Yup, nearly 50-years after the U.S. introduced the Cobra, Iran has figured out how to make its own. Kinda reminds me of Iran’s Saeqeh [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eglin’s F-35Bs Take to the Skies</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/23/elgins-f-35bs-take-to-the-skies/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/23/elgins-f-35bs-take-to-the-skies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here you have it, the Marine Corps’ first training variant (well, kinda) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter taking off on its maiden flight from the F-35 schoolhouse at Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., yesterday. Keep in mind that the Marines were supposed to be flying their short take-off and vertical landing F-35Bs operationally by this year. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fake Parts are Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/22/fake-parts-are-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, after months of research, Senate Armed Services Committee investigators have discovered “a flood” counterfet parts in everything from critical navigation software for newly modernized C-5 Galaxy cargo planes to “assemblies” destined for RQ-4 Global Hawk spy planes, submarines and even Stryker Mobile Gun Systems. Now, we’ve known that fake parts — usually made in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>100</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Taliban’s First Drone? Not Quite</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/21/the-talibans-first-drone-not-quite/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/21/the-talibans-first-drone-not-quite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, some pictures of a micro-UAV that was found during a raid on insurgent supply cache in Helmand Province, Afghanistan recently emerged on the Internet prompting some to wonder if this example of one of the Taliban or al Qaeda’s first ever homemade drones. I can almost guarantee it’s not. What I can (almost) guarantee [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>China’s Second Stealth Fighter Flies</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/17/chinas-second-stealth-fighter-flies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[China’s second J-20 stealth fighter has officially taken to the skies, making China the third nation after the United States and Russia to operate multiple stealth aircraft (to be fair, only the U.S. has an operational fleet of stealth jets, China and Russia have only two prototypes apiece).]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>124</slash:comments>
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		<title>Audio of an F-22 Pilot Getting Hypoxia</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/17/audio-of-an-f-22-pilot-getting-hypoxia/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/17/audio-of-an-f-22-pilot-getting-hypoxia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That’s right, someone recorded an F-22 Raptor pilot using the callsign Rocket 04 declaring an emergency after suffering hypocia-like symptoms while flying in the famous Red Flag combat excercises at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada earlier this year. Listen to the tape to hear Rocket 04 report his situation and request an immediate descent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>China’s Second Stealth Fighter Getting Ready for Its First Flight</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/16/chinas-second-stealth-fighter-getting-ready-for-its-first-flight/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/16/chinas-second-stealth-fighter-getting-ready-for-its-first-flight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick update on China’s stealth fighter program. We’ve all seen the pictures that emerged recently of second J-20 stealth fighter, dubbed 2002, sitting alongside the first J-20, 2001, on the flight line at Chengdu — something that indicates a test flight imminent. Well, here are some pics showing good ole 2002 making a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>78</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s Official: UK to Fly F-35B JSFs</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/10/its-official-uk-to-fly-f-35b-jsfs/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/10/its-official-uk-to-fly-f-35b-jsfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s official, Britain is going back on its choice to buy F-35C carrier variant Joint Strike Fighters and will buy the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing version of the jet, you know, the model the Brits originally intended to fly. News emerged yesterday that confirming months of rumors that the United Kingdom wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>111</slash:comments>
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		<title>F-22 Ground Crew Suffered Hypoxia-Like Symptoms</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/09/f-22-ground-crew-suffered-hypoxia-like-symptoms/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/09/f-22-ground-crew-suffered-hypoxia-like-symptoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh on the heels of yesterday’s announcement by the Air Force that it thinks the hypoxia-like symptoms suffered by F-22 Raptor pilots may be caused by the jets high-altitude performance, reports are emerging that ground crew are also suffering from similar ailments when they stand near the jet while it’s engines are running. Interesting. At [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>237</slash:comments>
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