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Updated link to my new blog location 18 May 2011 | 10:42 pm
This is the proper link for my new blog location.
Moving time for the blog and a slightly different direction 18 May 2011 | 10:21 am
I am moving and changing my blog. This blog known as ELP is going to take a different path. I will write about Defens(c)e matters, but I will also write about other things: Australia, the U.S., polit...
D.C. Joint Strike Fighter procurement thinking in 1998 #military 17 May 2011 | 11:51 pm
What was D.C.’s Joint Strike Fighter thinking in 1998? It was: $191B in procurement dollars (1998$) 2852 aircraft (400-some more than today) $67M each (1998$) Optimistic?
What will we cut in the DOD when the debt level crushes us? #military 17 May 2011 | 09:51 pm
With the debt ceiling up in the air—and thus presenting a lot of unknowns–maybe we can save real money by getting rid of unnecessary elements in the DOD. For instance, just think of the savings if we...
Whistle-blowers claim Defence fakes massive amounts of security background checks #military #auspol 17 May 2011 | 09:30 am
This article takes the cake for troubling Defence news. In it whistle-blowers claim that security checks on a variety of Defence personal and contractors are faked to try and reduce a backlog of backg...
Defence industry is crying #military #auspol 16 May 2011 | 10:25 am
Elements of the Australian defence industry are crying a river because the current government is incompetent (just like the last one) yet they look toward the moronic Defence White Paper of 2009 as if...
USAF 2012 budget and interesting questions about F-35 cost #military #auspol #cndpoli 15 May 2011 | 11:23 pm
The charts below are from the U.S. Air Force 2012 budget. They outline how much money the USAF has to fund to procure and field the F-35A. USAF will be the largest alleged purchaser of this airframe....
ASPI needs to provide more warning to Australia about risks with the F-35 program #auspol #military 15 May 2011 | 01:48 pm
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has a new paper out that warns government to have a plan-B or even a plan-C for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) procurement. At first this sounds l...
Boeing official-Super Hornet-handles air-to-air with technology, not speed and acceleration #military #auspol 14 May 2011 | 05:20 pm
Selling the Super Hornet in India didn’t work out. After looking at a wide variety of aircraft, India down-selected the Super Hornet. This video has some interesting comments from a Boeing official o...
2010 SAR and even more woe coming for the F-35 program #military 14 May 2011 | 12:50 am
There are more cost rises that don’t figure with what the sales force is preaching. Maybe more parking for the lunch/beer crew outside the plant in Fort Worth will help that production concurancy is...
