About That "Air Refueling Equipment"
An Israeli Air Force KC-707 (Airliners.net) According to The New York Times, President Bush “deflected” an Israeli request for assistance in a proposed strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The Times’…
Make or Break Time
Describing the fighter export business as “no holds barred” is probably an understatement. With billions of dollars on the line (not to mention thousands of defense jobs and national pride),…
More Reasons to Build the Fence
At last report, the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico was behind schedule and over budget. A GAO study (from August 2008) reported that the Department of Homeland Security…
Mr. Obama, Please Call General Alexander on the Gray Phone
It’s obvious that President-elect Barack Obama has never heard of communications security (COMSEC). If he had any familiarity with that term–and what it entails–Mr. Obama might be a bit more…
Mr. Obama, Please Call General Alexander on the Gray Phone
It’s obvious that President-elect Barack Obama has never heard of communications security (COMSEC). If he had any familiarity with that term–and what it entails–Mr. Obama might be a bit more…
General Arnold Sends His Regrets
Perhaps she was tired after a long, leg-tingling day of inaugural coverage. Or maybe NBC’s Ann Curry doesn’t know much about the history of the U.S. military, or its rank…
What's New in Space
Craig Covault of SpaceFlight Now reports that the Pentagon has recently unveiled a new–an exceptionally promising–space surveillance capability. In late December and again in early January, a pair of classified…
General Arnold Sends His Regrets
Perhaps she was tired after a long, leg-tingling day of inaugural coverage. Or maybe NBC’s Ann Curry doesn’t know much about the history of the U.S. military, or its rank…
What's New in Space
Craig Covault of SpaceFlight Now reports that the Pentagon has recently unveiled a new–an exceptionally promising–space surveillance capability. In late December and again in early January, a pair of classified…
A Little Unfinished Inaugural Business
Among all the inaugural hoopla this week, there were a few incidents that we found disturbing–if not down-right offensive–because they took a direct shot at the nation’s military heroes, and…