New Wars

• The Impending Collapse of Manned Airpower

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  If you thought the recent knife fights over the F-22 Raptor fighter cancellation was tough, you haven’t seen anything comparable as the massive Joint Strike Fighter program implodes under the weight of immense costs in the next decade. At least, that is yours truly’s prediction, as all the signs of [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:56pm EST
  by Mike Burleson

• The Navy Adverse to Nautical Threats

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  I came across this article written by a West Point graduate John T Reed, titled “Are U.S. Navy surface ships sitting ducks to enemies with modern weapons?” While I don’t agree that all surface ships are obsolete (just make them smaller, easy to replace, and plentiful), the author makes some [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:05am EST
  by Mike Burleson