Gates Dreaming of Raptors
Coming Monday Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be announcing the Pentagons 2010 Defense Budget. If current reporting holds then four key items are of interest to the future of the United States. 1. The Army’s Future Combat System will be drastically shrunk. 2. The number of Navy Carrier Battle Groups will reduced from 11 to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Strike to Remember….
Who ordered the strike on the convoy that was running through the Sudan? Someone took out a 17 truck arms convoy as it transited Sudanese territory on its way to Hamas in Gaza strip. The sheer size of the operation tells it was an US executed attack, with 39 of 40 people involved being killed. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )F-22 crashed in Nevada Desert!!
An F-22 has reportedly crashed in the Nevada Desert! I have perused the web to no avail! Stay tuned for update. There is currently nothing on the web right now, YET! Current reports are that it has crashed in the vicinity of Edwards Airforce base & that Air Force recieved a distress signal from the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Project Monty & the Silent Eagle
Boeing has come up with a novel way of extending the production life one of the most successful warplanes ever flown. Under the name of “Project Monty”, Boeing came up with the idea of the Silent Eagle to capture orders abroad, to countries like South Korea, Israel, Japan, Singapore, & Saudi Arabia, by adding what [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Bear Trap
Sigh, here we go again. I was perusing news stories and came across a report about the Russians stating that they are considering installing an air base either in Cuba or Venezuela. “Russian Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev announced March 14 that Venezuela and Russia have discussed putting a Russian air base on Venezuelan soil.” Yawn. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Persia has eyes toward Mesopotamia
Drone used by Hezbi’ lah The US military confirmed today that it has shot down a Iranian drone that was flying over Iraqi airspace.‘‘Coalition aircraft shot down an Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on February 25, 2009, approximately 100 kilometers, 60 miles, northeast of Baghdad,’’ said Col. James Hutton, spokesman for the U.S. military commander in Iraq.Although [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Iraq’s Air Force Upgrades (From Longwarjournal.org)
Iraq announces plan to expand the Air Force By DJ ElliottNovember 6, 2008 10:58 AM Iraq will purchase 516 military aircraft from the United States and France for its new Air Force, a senior Iraqi military official said this week. The planes and helicopters will provide Iraq with its first significant air combat and strike [...]
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