Where's My Flying Tank?
A quick primer on the problem programs Gates wants to cut and the ones he left intact. Full Story »
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Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 6, 2009 - 6:31 AM PDT
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The series identifies hugely expensive military equipment items in the budget because of political pressure for local jobs, not for any real military benefit.
Publicly financed elections would reduce leverage of the big military-industrial-media complex upon the military spending. The F-22 and missile ... More »
This article is part three of a series, and contains good information, however it might be somewhat misleading concerning the F-22. Something is needed to counter balance the next generation of Russian and Chinese aircraft, the F-15 in it's current configuration will not be able to counter the threat (there is a fair amount of information to back that idea up, here is just one example: http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/comparison-f15-su30-1.html). Also regarding the F-35 the USAF has ... More »
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