When Wings Fail and Accountability Follows
April 12, 2019 3 min. read

One of the first jetliners after the Second World War was the British made Comet. It was a symbol of the post war era, and a new way of seeing the world after the Blitz and over a decade of an economy that focused purely on need as opposed to any sort of luxury. The […]

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Earning Your Wings in Politics
November 1, 2018 4 min. read

With the arrival of operational F-35s to some of the nations that had bought into the program over a decade ago comes a persistent movement against the Joint Strike Fighter program. Some countries have taken a political position on the F-35, and with their future NATO commitments being examined and redesigned based on how they […]

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The Politicization of the F-35 Program
March 5, 2017 3 min. read

The plane destined to replace the various types of aircraft flown by NATO forces and its allies has been targeted by U.S. politicians for various reasons.

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Promise and Problems for new U.S.-India Defense Cooperation
October 14, 2015 3 min. read

The United States and India took significant steps toward a stronger defense partnership in recent weeks, but major challenges still lie ahead.

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Beijing Loses Face over Partial Lifting of U.S. Arms Embargo on Vietnam
October 3, 2014 3 min. read

Beijing’s formidable display of aggression this year has once again backfired, as its neighbors continue to beef up their military capabilities and forge defensive pacts both within and outside the region.

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Defense Dysfunction
August 16, 2011 7 min. read

Much of the commentary about India’s elimination of the Boeing and Lockheed Martin bids from its hotly-contested, highly-lucrative Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition has focused on its meaning for U.S.-India relations.  The air force is the largest beneficiary of the country’s burgeoning military budget and a number of foreign companies were looking to snap […]

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