Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson
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We ought to get off this notion that we're going to be deploying it, because we're not.
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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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There is a point beyond which it isn't practical to expect so many different things from the same group of people.
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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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It's hard to overstate how important this technology is to future U.S. military plans.
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It's time for the administration to do a fundamental reassessment of what it is that we are willing to do in order to stabilize Iraq. The United States needs to draw a line in terms of how deep it is willing to be drawn into Iraqi domestic politics.
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The big question going forward is how intensive the military commitment to Iraq remains. If it stays at current levels, then the Army is facing a recruiting challenge every month for years to come.
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Existing levels of demand are driving the market toward one provider of launch services.
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You have to wonder where the Army thinks it's going after Iraq.
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What happened here is that the technology enthusiasts got far beyond what the laws of physics would allow.
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Cutting that much money from the program clearly foreshadows either program termination or a long delay and major restructuring.
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Cutting-edge military technology today is very similar to cutting-edge commercial technology. It's not clear we can control any of these dual-use technologies to stop them from reaching enemy hands.
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There's going to be big cuts in the spacecraft program.