Thursday, March 18, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 18, 2010

Hangar One An old airship home needs a reskin U.S. Navy

NASA And U.S. Navy Pledge To Save Silicon Valley's Massive Airship Hangar -- Popular Science

The landmark Hangar One needs a giant new Teflon skin to replace its toxic siding, but funding is an issue.

Hangar One's behemoth structure once housed airships such as the doomed U.S.S. Macon, and is so large that clouds can supposedly form and rain inside it. Now NASA and the U.S. Navy have promised to replace the hangar's toxic siding with a new Teflon-covered fiberglass fabric skin, The Register reports.

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Pressure Builds for More Hornets; Multi-Year OK Likely -- DoD Buzz

France, Germany unhappy over U.S. tanker deal -- Reuters

The Elite Asymmetric Warfare Group -- Strategy Page

Review drops two-war force size paradigm -- Army.mil

Air Force Faults Security for Nuclear Bomber Wing -- Global Security Newswire

To Defense Industry, the Future Looks Uncomfortably Unfamiliar -- National Defense

Danger Room Explainer: Outsourced Intel in Afghanistan -- The Danger Room

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