Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson
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We're in no rush to bomb Iran. The fact that we have bombing plans on the shelf for dealing with Iran is not new because we've been generating those plans for a quarter-century. That's what planners do.
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Although they may not have won the original competition in an entirely proper manner, they've got a pretty strong track record in developing these kinds of weapons.
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They're expecting that the government will publicly disclose its approval of the transaction, with conditions, this month.
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This is very good news for Boeing at a time when its space operations seemed to be faltering.
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A prolonged shut down of spare parts production potentially endangers Army readiness. There's no way Sikorsky can maintain a high rate of production without the Teamsters on the line.
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The British are going to spend billions on this, and they're concerned they won't really understand the technology of what they're buying. They don't want to be treated like a Third World arms dealer. They're saying, ' If you can't trust us, how can we trust you?
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This is an interesting twist on an argument that the Air Force has been pursuing for some time on the need to cut its purchases of Joint Strike Fighters. The Air Force has settled on a number of about 1,100.
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This base closure is the roar that moused, ... It started out being very ambitious, but ended up being modest.
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They're using them at a very rapid pace in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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They're (the Emirates) not going to retaliate because they need us. Who is going to protect that little outpost of modernity on the Arabian Peninsula if it isn't us?
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I think that there's no question that the Air Force is leaning toward US 101 as the solution to the mission.
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Part of the story on space radar can't be told because it concerns the most sensitive missions of government satellites.
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If it doesn't get the money, at some point down the road, Northrop is going to have to raise the cost of building warships to cover the cost of doing business.
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He has always taken the role of a controversial visionary whose job is to articulate a new path forward to people who don't want hear it.