Too little and too late and once the smaller companies get Pentagon contracts, they will be destroyed in the Pentagon's Soviet acquisition system. “While the Armament Directorate remains committed to our highly-capable legacy products, we have become convinced that...
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US Battle-Testing Anti-Drone Weapon for War with Russia in Gaza
The US has deployed a new combat vehicle to Gaza with the aim of field testing the weapon for use in Ukraine, as the Pentagon hopes it will help repel Russian drone attacks. Moscow's forces have made significant territorial gains in Ukraine, in part, by overwhelming...
Frigate Failure Follies
I am currently doing a podcast series on what appears to be a droll subject but it is critical to getting big projects right. If you can't articulate and create a rational and effective Concept of Operations, you will fail. Th Navy never disappoints in failure lately....
No Velocity Whatsoever: Hyper-Velocity Pipe-dreams
Since October 2021, it has either failed the flight test or scrubbed launches. Three years. The joint Army/Navy Dark Eagle Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, that despite the $8.3 billion in R&D invested in it have so far failed to successfully fire a single AUR, All...
Did the U.S. Give the Go-Ahead to Strike Russia with Long Range Missiles?
There are a number of questions that could be asked about U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken singing “Rockin’ in the Free World” in a bar in Kiev. The first is regarding the appropriateness of singing a song while hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers are being wounded...
The Pentagon Follies Continue
The most expensive paper tiger in Earth's history. The F35 continues to bleed out the treasury for no return. The House Armed Services Committee draft version of the bill, released today, also includes $33.8 billion in defense spending at other federal agencies such...
Human Rights Researchers Conclude Israel Committing Genocide
A group of researchers at top universities concluded Israel was committing a genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. Since October 7, Israeli forces have destroyed most of the homes in Gaza, leaving five percent of the population dead or injured. The University Network...
Firing Blanks: The Pentagon as a Fiscal Disaster Factory
I have mentioned previously that the introduction of all the latest and greatest western weapons in the inventory given to the Ukraine would have some very deleterious effects in the future. One was permitting possible future antagonists to observe and and take...
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