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Air Guard Attacks BRAC Process with Dumb Bombs If the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard were a married couple in some television sitcom, you'd have to marvel at how such mismatched people manage to stay together. Their love-hate relationship has . . .
High Tea On The Titanic There is a program on public broadcasting called Antiques Roadshow that features professional appraisals of family heirlooms and flea-market treasures. Last week's program provided a metaphor that . . .
Curing Jitters There's a saying among psychotherapists that when every other remedy fails, the mere passage of time can work wonders. Unfortunately, that wisdom doesn't apply to weapons programs, especially the . . .
Base Closure Plan Shows Pentagon’s New Direction After hinting last year that the military might be headed for the Mother Of All Base Closings, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld is scaling back expectations as he prepares to send a list of proposed changes . . .
Saving Army Aviation On October 23, 2004, the United States Army announced its decision to cancel the Comanche helicopter program. At the time, this decision was criticized by many. The Comanche was a state-of-the-art . . .
QDR 2005 Issues Facing the Navy From its fragile birth on the eve of American independence to its global reach at the dawn of the Third Millennium, the U.S. Navy has continuously adapted to new challenges and opportunities. The threat . . .
Sino-Myopia In The Pentagon’s Strategic Review Remember that golden summer of post-communist optimism called the Clinton years? Back then, globalization of the economy seemed like an undiluted benefit of human progress that could produce . . .
The Real Threat to America’s Spy Satellites Here's a handy test to determine how much you really know about the defense business. What is the biggest threat to America's billion-dollar spy satellites -- (a) Russian antisatellite weapons, (b) Chinese . . .
The Military Helicopter Industrial Base The health of the defense industrial base (DIB) continues to be a concern for the Department of Defense and U.S. lawmakers. The end of the Cold War saw a major contraction in the size of the defense industrial . . .
Airbus Subsidies Hurt America Revelation 13:18 says the number 666 is a sign of the devil. Maybe it's just a coincidence that last year's record-breaking U.S. trade deficit totaled $666 billion, but it's sure a sign of something bad. Since . . .
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