Navy Abandons Zumwalt-Class Destroyer
US Navy cancels its “stealth-ship” the Zumwalt-class Destroyer (DDG 1000), because of increased costs.
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US Navy cancels its “stealth-ship” the Zumwalt-class Destroyer (DDG 1000), because of increased costs.
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Ok, that is not a direct quote. Major General Charles R. Davis, USAF, the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Program Office, is far to articulate, educated, and gentlemanly to utter such a comment. But, reality is not that far off.
According to Flightglobal, LtGen Davis is not pleased with, what he characterizes as [...]
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In February 2008 a B-2 Stealth Bomber crashed after takeoff from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. Popular Mechanics, has published photographs of the crash scene.
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From the ultimate military-technology blog Danger Room, comes video of the “taser glove,” a taser gun integrated with a cool-looking black glove. Now if they would only come out with a Michael Jackson version.
Video:
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USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier. The USC Trojans are and 11-Nation Title winning super-program. At the helm of both is Coach Pete Carroll. At least for a moment, Coach Carroll was at the helm of both.
Last month, Carroll joined fellow Trojans Steve Smith, Matt Leinart, Brad Budde, Ron Yary and Jeremy [...]
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Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich is one of the Marines charged with a crime relating to the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Previously, the government attempted to subpoena unaired portions of an interview he did with CBS, for the program 60 Minutes. The military judge denied the request for the tapes. The government appealed [...]
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Video of firefight captured by UAV.
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Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter makes first flight.
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In a hearing on 17JUN08, a military judge, Col Stephen Folsom, USMC, dismissed all charges against LtCol Jeffrey Chessani. Col Folsom ruled that the decision to charge LtCol Chessani was a product of unlawful command influence (UCI). Col Folsom ruled,
the participation of Col. John Ewers as an investigator and report writer in the [...]
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Author Gore Vidal questions whether Senator John McCain was ever a POW in North Vietnam.
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SecDef Gates orders more UAV to Iraq.
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Defense lawyers for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani believe all charges may be dropped. They base this on a signal from the military judge, Col Folsom, who previously scheduled a hearing for two days and has now changed the session to last one hour. At this session the military judge will rule on the motion [...]
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