Report: F-35 is an ‘expensive mistake’ for Canada
By Philip Ewing on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 ![]()
A new study not only questions whether Canada can afford the F-35, but whether it even makes strategic sense for the Canadian Forces to operate it.
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A new study not only questions whether Canada can afford the F-35, but whether it even makes strategic sense for the Canadian Forces to operate it.
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In one vision for NATO’s future, the alliance dials back its military role and instead becomes an active voice in support of “the values of human decency and dignity.”
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Program officials say they’re making progress with testing the software systems the Navy’s UCAS will need to operate from a ship at sea.
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A commentator believes the Army presents the biggest target for the kind of budget cuts that Washington wants most — ones that will take effect sooner than later.
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Three senators argue the job is done in Afghanistan, and regular American combat troops should come home earlier than now planned.
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Have Americans and their leaders thought about the potential consequences of U.S. drone campaigns around the world?
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CSAF says the service could become a “creeping hollow force” unless he and airmen take special care to prevent it.
Here’s the full text of the message Secretary Panetta released Friday after swearing his oath of office as the new secretary of defense: “Today, I was honored to take the oath of office to become the 23rd Secretary of Defense. I am mindful of the great responsibility the President has entrusted to me, and […]
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If bomber supporters can’t keep the batch of B-1s the Air Force wants to decommission this year, they want guarantees they’ll reap the “savings” — and that the rest of the bombers will be protected
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The week that was. The links that were.
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The Marines say they’ll use elements from the Air Force and Navy’s much-discussed new strategy in a major amphibious exercise.
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Despite Russia’s goals of building a new fleet of nuclear destroyers, the world may have seen the last of new nuclear-powered surface warships
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Of all the many challenges that now confront Secretary Panetta, which one should he try to tackle first?