Saturday, September 26, 2009

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 26, 2009


Don’t Mess With The F-35 If You Know What’s Good For You -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog

To The Hill; don’t mess with the F-35 if you know whats good for you. That is the message from U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates. Since Gates has hung his hat on the F-35 with no plan-B, he doesn’t want to look bad. Even if his total fund of knowledge on air power issues could be written in large crayon on one piece of paper.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Boeing may offer US Air Force two tankers -- Reuters

White House objects to extra C-17 planes -- Government Executive

New fighter jets for Admiral Kuznetsov -- Barents Observer

Global Hawk returns to flight -- Edwards Air Force Base

Newest ISR plane --- from buy-to-fly in 8 months
-- Defense Tech

The End of Sea Power -- USNI

Clues to the UK’s frigate of the future -- Janes

Pension money for Alaska WW II-era Guard cut from spending bill -- McClatchy News

Why The Pirates Hate Mercury -- Strategy Page

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