The F-35’s Very Huge and Obvious Achilles’ Heel
We know that a lot of top US military types have lost their passion for the F-35 light attack bomber. A recent report from the Pentagon’s Center for Strategic and…
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The Pentagon Re-Thinks the F-35
A report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments seems to toss a wet blanket over the controversial and troubled F-35. It’s been known for some time that some…
The Last Thing an F-35 Driver Will Ever Want to See
It’s no secret where the F-35 is intended to operate – in the highly-defended airspace of just two countries, China and Russia. The F-35 and its big brother the F-22…
Gun Pigs Fly Again
A squadron of venerable A-10 Wart Hogs is heading to the Middle East to help the fight against Islamic State forces. The aircraft are from the 122nd Fighter Wing of…
Unaffordable to Buy, Unaffordable to Fly
The overdue, overpriced and under performing F-35, light strike bomber, has hit another major snag. The US government accounting office has released a report showing the F-35 will be upwards…
Why the F-35 Was DOOMed From Birth
US Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Ward has an interesting take on just when the F-35 light strike bomber went off the rails – right from the outset. In February…
Hey Washington. If You Want Us to Stand Up to Putin, Why Not Sell Us the Plane He Doesn’t Want Us to Have?
The events of the past few months have made us again think of the unthinkable. A resurgent Russia, talk from its president about the use of nuclear weapons, the deployment…
When Confidence Fails
Few who lived through the Cold War with its constant threat of nuclear annihilation realize the role confidence played in preventing an outbreak of apocalyptic hostilities. Even at times when…
My Deepest Apology to Stephen Harper, Military Genius
Yes? For years I have been openly mocking our prime minister. He believes he’s the combined reincarnation of General Douglas MacArthur and Winston Churchill, often touting things like the Canadian…
CTF bullying and misinformation: just what’s ‘wacky’ about rape prevention research?
Canadian Taxpayers Association Federal Director Gregory Thomas dressed up as a professor, with a man dressed as a pig, at a CTF news conference trashing government support for academic research.…
An F-35 Update From The Mound Of Sound
The Mound of Sound sent along this note, followed by his guest post on the F-35: I thought an update on the F-35 would be appropriate after reading Bill Sweetman’s…
Let’s Be Honest – Canada Will Wind Up With the F-35, Largely by Default
It may be the biggest military blunder in Canadian history but all signs point to our country succumbing to the F-35, Lockheed’s first-strike, light attack bomber. Harper, the ultimate stealth…
It’s Funny What You Can Pick Up from Watching TV
Last evening I stumbled across a documentary on America’s B-2 stealth bomber on the Smithsonian Channel. At one point there was an interview with an American engineering expert. She mentioned…
F-35: Lies from Lying Liars #cdnpoli
The F-35 was going to be a plane made with Chinese parts, despite US law forbidding that. mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBR… this just adds to the ridiculousness. Russia probably has deal w china…
First Nations Get $0.3M for Solar Research #skpoli
The Conservative government generously gave First Nations in Saskatchewan enough grant money to build one impressively sized solar array that could power a half dozen homes. Ontario is going with…
The Stealth Achilles’ Heel – Numbers
Joseph Stalin is cited as observing that, “quantity is a quality unto itself.” You can have the best of something and the other guy can have the worst of something…
F-35 – Already Getting Obsolete
The authoritative military journal, Janes, reports that Lockheed’s overdue, overpriced and under-performing F-35 Wunderjet is already encountering problems with obsolescence. The United States has embarked on a technology refresh development…
Shadow Boxing – the F-35
“There may be a universe where it is smart to give your adversaries 25 year’s notice of exactly how you plan to render their defenses obsolete. We just don’t live…
Lockheed – Arm Twister Extraordinaire?
What Lockheed wants, Lockheed intends to get especially when it comes to the F-35 stealth light attack bomber. Last week the company tried to stiffen spines here in Canada by…
Dutch Trim F-35 Order
At the outset the Netherlands was expected to buy 85 of Lockheed’s light attack stealth bomber, the F-35. For a nation not much larger in area than Vancouver Island that…