IG blasts management of Energy's classified information network [GovExec]
Intelligence Community Tries & Fails to add Silly Exemption to FOIA [The Fine Print]
Offiziere.ch: U.S. Air Force’s “Failure of Imagination” [War Is Boring]
More Forces or 'Mission Failure': Initial Thoughts [Small Wars Journal]
New Players Poised for Next KC-X Duel [Aviation Week]
F.D.I.C. May Borrow Funds From Banks [The New York Times]
Rep. Frank Extends Communication Ban on Former Staffer Turned Lobbyist [Sunlight Foundation Blog]
Fed Rejects Geithner Request for Study of Governance, Structure [Bloomberg]
The F-35 is the same kind of jet as the F-22 with one fewer engine. It uses the same construction techniques, the same composite materials, the same stealth coatings. The aircraft design is less stealthy than that of the F-22, so it relies even more so on the coatings than the F-22 did. So are we supposed to believe the F-35 is the savior of the USAF when the F-22 was it's albatross? That's just stupid. The F-35 will cost $100 billion to develop, it will cost $100 million per airplane to buy, and it won't even be able to maintain the 60% mission availability rate the F-22 has. Gates is transforming the military the same way Rumsfeld did. It's going from bad to worse.
Posted by: Dfens | Sep 22, 2009 at 01:35 PM