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Comment on Petraeus to SASC Today; Israel-Palestine to Come Up? (Updated) by Roy M Brown

Roy M Brown — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:38:08 +0000

of course it will be a disaster! however, that fact wont prevent the current US Administration from attempting it

Comment on JSF Price Tag Jumps to $135 Million by Pete

Pete — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:08 +0000

Lets see what happens when the Russian T-50 or what ever ends up being call cost one third and every third world country have a couple of them. So much for exclusivity.

Comment on South of the Border Mayhem by Thunder350

Thunder350 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:37:22 +0000

Committing resources, doesn’t mean sending troops into Mexico guns blazing. If I was in charge I would deploy the national guard from all border states to well… secure the border… finish building the fence, and guard it. Work something out with Mexico to either give them some UAV’s, or for us to use them and relay the information to Mexico’s military. Commit to doing all things possibly covertly. (spec ops, CIA, etc).

Comment on JFCOM’s Mattis Pushes Light IW Aircraft by lcdr_kent

lcdr_kent — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:37:03 +0000

The AF could put T-6s in service for A-stan in a month if they were requested. I think they like getting ‘new’ aircraft to support new missions. What is to keep the Tillyban from getting stinger type weapons from their friends and shooting slow movers down?

Comment on JSF Price Tag Jumps to $135 Million by jbierling

jbierling — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:19:07 +0000

135 vs 360. But how much per F-22 if we were building 2400+ of them?

Comment on EADS Tanker, Not Dead Yet by John

John — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:04:45 +0000

Lockheed and Boeing: working both ends of a bent over taxpayer.

People should start going to prison over the ^&%^$ing bullsh!t that passes for military procurement.

Comment on JSF Price Tag Jumps to $135 Million by Dan

Dan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:02:54 +0000

Actual costs of the F-22 are now down to about $110M per copy–all R&D costs are sunk and the AF only pays for actual hardware. Better jet than F-35 for less dollars. But the Congress is too busy passing social reform to notice the disparity.

Comment on JSF Price Tag Jumps to $135 Million by John

John — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:01:02 +0000

We need to put an end to the defense contractor corporate welfare. Lockheed is RAPING the taxpayers. They should be barred from ever bidding on defense programs again.

Perhaps we should just start importing Russian fighters.

Comment on Army Fast Tracks GPS Mortar Round by Gunnery Instructor

Gunnery Instructor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:43:27 +0000

I beg to differ about mortar being more accurate that ARTY. It’s a crap shoot right now. Mortarmen chunk the rounds down range and have no idea where they will impact. It’s great that the rate of fire is high, but ONE SHOT –ONE KILL is the way to go. A GPS guided mortar round will help mortarmen achieve accurate first round fire for effect.

Comment on Army Fast Tracks GPS Mortar Round by Gunnery Instr

Gunnery Instr — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:38:28 +0000

The cost would likely (eventually) be much less than the Excalibur round. Excalibur has quite a bit more capabilities than this would need. This is more like a PGK fuze technology used in a mortar body. PGK is just a fuze that can turn a regular artillery round into a gps guided munition. It has a much better CEP than conventional rounds but not quite as much as Excalibur, and is not nearly as expensive.