<?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; Politricks</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/politricks/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>Pakistan Boots U.S. From Drone Base</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/30/pakistan-boots-u-s-from-drone-base/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/30/pakistan-boots-u-s-from-drone-base/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:51:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance of Power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Counterinsurgency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13518</guid> <description><![CDATA[Speaking of drones, this is pretty interesting. Apparently, Pakistan has told the U.S. to abandon a secret desert base inside Pakistan that CIA drones fly out of. This is no doubt more fallout of the May 1 raid that killed Osama bin Laden and we’ve been waiting for something like this to happen for a while. From [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/30/pakistan-boots-u-s-from-drone-base/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>And the JSF Alternate Engine War Begins, Again</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/14/and-the-jsf-alternate-engine-war-begins-again/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/14/and-the-jsf-alternate-engine-war-begins-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:41:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=12291</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well, it looks like backers of GE-Rolls Royce’s F136 alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter may have more ammo to renew their campaign to get the Pentagon to buy the engine amidst news that Pratt &#38; Whitney’s F135 engine’s “cost performance” does not make Ashton Carter, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer happy. Apparently, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/14/and-the-jsf-alternate-engine-war-begins-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>As AWACS Prowl Skies Above Libya, U.S. Contemplates How to Aid Rebels</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/03/07/western-awacs-prowling-skies-above-libya-as-u-s-contemplates-how-to-arm-rebels/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/03/07/western-awacs-prowling-skies-above-libya-as-u-s-contemplates-how-to-arm-rebels/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:57:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=11708</guid> <description><![CDATA[Adding to the question of a Western presence in Libya this morning are several reports that surfaced over the weekend claiming that: U.S. AWACS jets are crisscrossing the skies above Libya requesting details on Libyan flight patterns from Maltese air traffic controllers; a British SAS team escorting a U.K. “diplomat” en-route to meet with rebels was briefly taken prisoner by those [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/03/07/western-awacs-prowling-skies-above-libya-as-u-s-contemplates-how-to-arm-rebels/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>32</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gotta Love Working in the Pentagon</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/02/15/gotta-love-working-in-the-pentagon/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/02/15/gotta-love-working-in-the-pentagon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:09:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=11457</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ahh yes, the Pentagon. Lovely Place. Enjoy this uplifting little song about the Five-Sided Crazy Building.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/02/15/gotta-love-working-in-the-pentagon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nuclear Security Foot Dragging in Pakistan</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2010/12/01/nuclear-security-foot-dragging-in-pakistan/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2010/12/01/nuclear-security-foot-dragging-in-pakistan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:13:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hybrid Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=10509</guid> <description><![CDATA[For years, just about everyone I know has been worrying about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear material; the major concern being keeping it out of militant hands. Nevertheless, we’ve been publicly assured time and again by the U.S. government that Pakistan will be able to keep its nuclear material safe. Now we see that, in 2009, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2010/12/01/nuclear-security-foot-dragging-in-pakistan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>KC-X, Just Let it Happen Already</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2010/11/03/kc-x-just-let-it-happen-already/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2010/11/03/kc-x-just-let-it-happen-already/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:59:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acquisition Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Tanker Tango]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=9609</guid> <description><![CDATA[People have been speculating for months what impact a Republican takeover in Congress might mean for the KC-X competition. With last night’s Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and a KC-X contract due in the near future I thought I’d ask a few analysts who’ve been watching the contest for years to chime in with their latest. First [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2010/11/03/kc-x-just-let-it-happen-already/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>29</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dicks Best Bet to Follow Murtha as C-HAC-D</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2010/02/10/dicks-best-bet-to-follow-murtha-as-c-hac-d/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2010/02/10/dicks-best-bet-to-follow-murtha-as-c-hac-d/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:13:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Tanker Tango]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=5649</guid> <description><![CDATA[EDITOR’S NOTE: Our boy Colin Clark at DoD Buzz gets the gouge… Rep. Norm Dicks, Boeing supporter extraordinaire, is the “closest thing to a sure thing you get in Washington” to ascend to chairmanship of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, says defense sage and consultant Loren Thompson. I asked Thompson, who was desperately seeking salt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2010/02/10/dicks-best-bet-to-follow-murtha-as-c-hac-d/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Arms Shipment to Georgia UPDATE</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2010/01/10/arms-shipment-to-georgia-update/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2010/01/10/arms-shipment-to-georgia-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:15:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/2010/01/10/arms-shipment-to-georgia-update/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I received a note from a good friend with connections to the government of the Republic of Georgia late Friday totally denying the rumors about a ganked arms shipment and help for Israel’s strike plans on Iran. From Batu Kutelia, Georgian Ambassador to the USA, Canada and Mexico: “The story is categorically false. There was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2010/01/10/arms-shipment-to-georgia-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dowd’s Bogus Grief Deficit</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2009/11/05/dowds-bogus-grief-deficit/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2009/11/05/dowds-bogus-grief-deficit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:12:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=4899</guid> <description><![CDATA[EDITOR’S NOTE: I know it’s not “tech” but I thought I’d throw this Op-Ed I wrote your way as food for thought before I post some techy stuff later today. Hope you like the new layout! It was a shockingly inaccurate statement that discredited an accomplished columnist. No matter where you stand on The New [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2009/11/05/dowds-bogus-grief-deficit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>47</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Raptor Fight Shows Limits of Procurement Reform</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2009/06/18/raptor-fight-shows-limits-of-procurement-reform/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2009/06/18/raptor-fight-shows-limits-of-procurement-reform/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:19:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politricks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4536</guid> <description><![CDATA[There should be little doubt by this point that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is an honest broker. His actions since he’s been in office suggest he has no personal or political agenda. He’s shown he deeply cares about the troops. So when he does a deep dive on the Air Force’s fighter aircraft requirement [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2009/06/18/raptor-fight-shows-limits-of-procurement-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>52</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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