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April was an unusually active month for foreign missile tests, with India, Pakistan and North Korea all launching their latest, longest-range ballistic missiles. The Indian and Pakistani missiles worked fine, the North Korean one did not. North Korea has now failed three times in a row to demonstrate
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5/1/2012
The current debate over the timing of the U.S. withdrawal of forces from Iraq is misplaced. The retention of a relatively small number of U.S. troops in that country would not have measurably affected its political stability. Conversely, the withdrawal of those forces will not particularly incentivize
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1/20/2012
The announcement by New Delhi the other day that both U.S. contenders for the Indian Multirole Combat Aircraft (MRCA) program, Boeing’s F/A-18 and Lockheed Martin’s F-16, had been eliminated is a major disappointment not only for those companies but for the U.S. government. The Obama Administration
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4/29/2011
The Obama Administration has acquired an unfortunate reputation for neglecting U.S. allies and not standing up to troublemakers. This year the administration will have a number of chances to improve its image and at the same time enhance U.S. relations with friends and allies. How, you ask? The
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2/18/2011
An aerospace executive made an interesting point to me a while back about how building planes was similar to the way some nations make strategy. He said when you're in the capital equipment business, you have to think in multi-decade cycles, because that's how long it takes to design, develop and
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Date:
2/1/2011
The United States has finally decided to treat India, the world’s largest democracy, as an equal when it comes to defense trade. In a continuation of its efforts to forge closer ties with the subcontinent, the Obama Administration has ended the misguided efforts of both Democratic and Republican
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1/28/2011
President Obama’s upcoming trip to India clearly reflects the growing importance of that country as a U.S. trading partner and an economic force in the globalized world. Equally important is the growing position of India as a military power in South Asia and the potential for a strong relationship with
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Date:
11/4/2010


