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‘Missiles in a Box’ Kills First Moving Test Target
The Army’s $160-billion Future Combat Systems “meta-program” is dead, dead, dead. In April, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates tore up the program’s planned fleet of lightly-armored, overly-vulnerable...
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Navy’s New Warship: Bargain, Death Trap or Both?
After years of botched contracts and cost overruns, the Navy has finally signed contracts to buy a bunch of its speedy, near-shore Littoral Combat Ships — at a per-copy price nearly a third cheaper...
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Grounded! Stealth Fighter Fleet KO’d by Oxygen Woes
The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of radar-evading F-22 Raptor fighters has been grounded until “further notice.” It’s the latest blow to the reputation of the world’s most expensive, and allegedly most...
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Air Force Resends Grounded Stealth Fighters Into Action … Without Fixing Them
Four months after grounding its entire force of F-22 Raptors, the Air Force has cleared the 170 stealth fighters to fly. Just one little problem: The brass still doesn't know why a dozen Raptor pilots...
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‘Operation Chimichanga’ Tests Pentagon’s Stealth Strike Force
Operation Chimichanga was meant "to validate the long-range strike capability of the B-1s as well as the F-22s' and F-16s' ability to escort them into an anti-access target area," according to Lt. Col....
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Stealthy, Tiny, Deadly, Global: The Drone Revolution’s Next Phase
Today's flying robotic killers only seem advanced. In many ways, the drone revolution has been stuck in the '00s, as defense companies use the same old airframes, the same old ground controllers and...
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Questions Abound as China Unveils Another Stealth Jet
China reveals a new stealth warplane prototype -- just as the U.S. Defense Secretary is set to arrive.
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Petraeus Resigns From CIA After Feds Uncover ‘Extramarital Affair’
David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has resigned. Petraeus told CIA employees Friday in a letter that he was stepping down "for personal reasons... After being married for...
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