“After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded into the air” - Russian MoD spokesman to Interfax 23 Dec 08
And thus was written the postscript on the latest test of the star-crossed Bulava SLBM. Five failures in eight attempts would seem to call into question the fast-track to IOC/deployment [...]
Bulava Fails Latest Test - Lessons for US?
December 23rd, 2008 3 Comments
Tags: Bulava · JSF · Russia · USN
Is the F-35 the Next DDG-1000? - UPDATED
October 13th, 2008 5 Comments
UPDATED 13 Oct 08 - see below the “More” line… - SJS
No military service currently demonstrates that it has leaders that can create affordable procurement programs. Every service has, to some extent, mortgaged its future by failing to contain equipment costs, and by trading existing equipment and force elements for developing new system that it [...]
Tags: Air Force · air supremacy · JSF · Navy
Tuesday’s Roll-up of Defense News
December 4th, 2007 No Comments
Press the edge of the technological envelope and sometimes it snaps back and bites you. Promise the moon and fail to even deliver a scintilla (and oh yes, demand more money in the process) and the customer naturally gets a little testy. These themes are at the core of a couple of today’s news items - the first, dealing [...]
Tags: F-35 · Indian Navy · JSF · Red Flag
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