Month: May 2016
Vietnam eyes second-hand F-16s, P-3s
An anonymous source told Defense News that Vietnam is keen to buy F-16s and P-3s from the DoD’s excess defense articles (EDA) program.
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Photo: TNI AU
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F-35’s IOT&E delayed till 2018
The Pentagon has been forced to admit that the final hurdle to clear the F-35 for full rate production will not happen until 2018, as predicted by its director of operational test and evaluation.
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Chinese nuclear forces as of 2016
Hans M. Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists analyzed the Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military developments to sift out information on China’s nuclear forces.
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CSBA suggests shift in mindset for America’s air and missile defense programs
Mark Gunzinger and Bryan Clark from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) said in a new report that the Pentagon had been relying on a small number of long-range interceptors to defeat enemy guided missiles, such an approach is flawed as countries such as China, Iran, Russia and North Korea now possess large number of precision guided weapons that could overwhelm the defenses of U.S. forces, reducing America’s ability to project power.
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