In a recent budget war game, four U.S. thinktanks: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, American Enterprise Institute, Center for a New American Security, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, all recommended that the Pentagon downsize the aircraft carrier fleet and move the money elsewhere for other programs.
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Day: February 6, 2014
Blue Impulse mishap could have been ‘more serious’
The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force said the Blue Impulse training accident last month could have been ‘more serious.’
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U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea taken step to fielding road-mobile missile
U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea has taken the first step towards fielding a road-mobile ballistic missile.
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Israeli fighter pilots court-martialled for storing classified data on phones
Fourteen fighter pilots from the Israeli Air Force were disciplined after it was found that they had stored classified information on their personal phones.
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Brazil to help design twin-seat Gripen F
Brazil has been given an opportunity to help design the two-seater Gripen F.
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