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Eating the Elephant – One Bite at a Time
For those not so inclined to leap with both feet into the full Appropriations Bills (regular, continuing and sustaining minus the funds for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan), here is a Congressional Research Service study of current Defense Authorization and Appropriations bills with analysis of some of the more important parts (like shipbuilding – pg…
Consultancy…
… and other Beltway phenomena aptly defined:
Reflections on the Upcoming 5th Anniversary of 9/11
Folks, we’re two weeks out and the vermin and carrion eaters are crawling out from the shadows. On the one hand, you have those who wouldn’t mind another 9/11 if in the aftermath their political agenda is met. So a few innocents get off’d in the process, well, you know, it’s “All For The Greater…
“It’s the End of the World as we know it…”
“But I feel Fine…” (h/t R.E.M. )Welcome to Aug 22, or, as it is known in other quarters, the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427 — the significance of which was first highlighted here . Suffice to say- we’re still here. It may have been that the thwarted British Muslim…
Successful AEGIS BMD Shot
An SM-3 launched from the USS DECATUR (DDG 73) successfully intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target with a separating warhead* late yesterday in a test off Hawaii. Participating in the test were the USS PORT ROYAL and for the first time, a NATO partner, Spain, with the Aegis-equipped frigate Mendez Nunez (F-104). This was…
TINS* Tuesday: Well, You See, Sir. . .
(From Dec 69 issue of Naval Aviation News) The UH- 1 Iroquois helicopter slipped into and landed almost unnoticed at the outlying airfield. The only person aboard was the young pilot who climbed out and hurried away from the bird while it was still running. An instant later, the helicopter was observed approximately two feet…