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| June 2010 |
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Greg
Grant
- Defense
Tech - 30/06/2010 - China
to
Test
Carrier
Killing
Missile
On
Fourth
of
July?
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News
Report
- RIA Novosti -
30/06/2010 - Russia
may
lose
billions
for
breaching
missile
contract
with
Iran
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David
A.
Fulghum,
Douglas
Barrie
- AW&ST
- 29/06/2010 - Sukhoi
T-50
Prototype
Demonstrated
For
Putin
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Golnaz
Esfandiari
- Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty - 29/06/2010 - Iran's
Intelligence
Ministry
Urges
Moving
Away
From
Russia
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News
Report
- Defpro - 28/06/2010 - India clears Rs
15,000 crore Sukhoi deal
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News
Report
-United Press International -
21/06/2010 - Iran
out,
but
Russia
eyes
Turkey
for
S-300
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Steve
Gutterman
- Reuters -
17/06/2010 - Putin
boasts new jet fighter better than U.S. plane
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| Michel
Chossudovsky
- GlobalResearch.ca
- 11/06/2010 - UN
"Green Light" for a Pre-emptive US-Israel Attack on Iran? Security
Council Resolution Transforms Iran into a "Sitting Duck" |
| News
Report
- Xinhua - 11/06/2010 - S-300
missiles
fall
under
UN
sanctions
against
Iran:
Kremlin |
Office
of
the
Spokesman
- Dept of State
- 09/06/2010 - Sale of
S-300s to Iran Under UNSCR 1929 (Taken Question)
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| Iskander
Rehman
-
IDSA
- 08/06/2010 - China’s
String
of
Pearls
and
India’s
Enduring
Tactical
Advantage |
News
Report
- rttnews.com -
08/06/2010 - Russia
Signs
Mega
Defense
Contract
With
Algeria,
Uganda
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News
Report
- Pravda.ru -
04/06/2010 - China
Creates
Pirate
Copy
of
Russia’s
Su-33
Fighter
Jet
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| News
Report
- Brahmand.com -
02/06/2010 - Algeria
to
receive
Russian
Su-30,
Yak-130
planes
in
2011 |
| News
Report
- United Press International
-
01/06/2010 - Algeria
'to
cut
U.S.
arms,
go
Russian' |
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| May 2010 |
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Muhamad
Fairoz
Azizan
And
Nuraqalby
Mohd
Reda
- Bernama.com
- 31/05/2010 - RMAF
Hope To Buy State-Of-The-Art Fighter Jets To Beef Up Air Defence
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| News
Report
- PressTV (Iran) -
25/05/2010
-
Iran warns Russia over S-300 delivery |
News
Report
- Space Daily - 17/05/2010
- Russian
Officer
Says
Developing
New
Weapon
For
Space
Defense
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| April 2010 |
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Chris
Hughes
- The Daily Mirror
- 12/04/2010 - Fury
as
Russia
sells
its
missile
system
to
Iran
-
Exclusive
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| James
Kraska
- Orbis / FPRI -
Winter 2010, Volume 54, Number 1 - How the
United States Lost the Naval War of 2015 |
News
Report
- RIA Novosti -
07/04/2010 - Russian
military set to upgrade bulk of weaponry by 2020
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| CFP
- Aircraft
Airworthiness and Sustainment Conference 2010 - Australia |
| John
Markoff
and
David
Barboza
- The New
York Times - 05/04/2010 - Spying
on Computer Spies Traces Data Theft to China |
Richard
Weitz
- The Diplomat -
05/04/2010 - Why
China
Snubs
Russia
Arms
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News
Report
- Reuters - 02/04/2010
- China
buys air defense systems from Russia
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March 2010
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| Chris
Mills
and
Peter
Goon
- APA NOTAM
- 24/03/2010 - Why the F-22 and the
PAK-FA have the “Right Stuff” and why the F/A-18 and the F-35 do not |
Stephen
Trimble
- The DEW Line -
25/03/2010 - Congressional
F-35
hater:
"I
think
this
will
come
back
and
haunt
us
...
as
a
monumental
mistake"
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Chen
Hu
/
Peng
Kuang
- Global Times
[China] - 24/03/2010 - F-35
fighter
has
become
a
clumsy
white
elephant
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| AVM
B
J
Graf
RAAF
(Retd)
- APA NOTAM
- 24/03/2010 - F-35 JSF: See No
Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Good |
| Robert
Gottliebsen
- Business Spectator
- 23/03/2010 - Time
for
a
Canberra
shake-up |
| Carlo
Kopp
- Joint Forces Quarterly - JFQ
57 (2nd Quarter, April 2010) - Evolving
Technological
Strategy
in
Advanced
Air
Defense
Systems [Index] |
Linton
Besser
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 13/03/2010 - Defence
blows
millions
in
budget
rort
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| Bill
Sweetman
- Ares A Defense Technology
Blog - 12/03/2010 - Seeing The Elephant |
| Ben
Sandilands
- Crikey.com -
12/03/2010 - Memo
Defence:
Come
clean
now
on
JSF
debacle |
Gleb
Bryanski
- Reuters -
12/03/2010 - Russia
to
make
1,000
stealth
jets,
eyes
India
deal
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Roxana
Tiron
- The Hill - 11/03/2010
- Pentagon
tells
Senate
panel
that
F-35
is
more
than
50
percent
over
cost
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Michael
Sullivan
- United States Government
Accountability Office - 11/03/2010 - JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER:
Significant Challenges Remain as DOD Restructures Program [Recommended]
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Robert
Gottliebsen
- Business Spectator
- 11/03/2010 - Send
in
Bomber
Beazley
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David
Axe
- The Diplomat -
05/03/2010 - US
Eyeing
Asian
Arms
Race?
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Carlo
Kopp
[Interview]
- ABC Australia
Network - 02/03/2010 - Russian
fighter
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| February
2010 |
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| Cameron
Stewart
- The Australian -
25/02/2010 - Scientists
warned
defence
department
against
Joint
Strike
Fighter
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| Chris
Mills
and
Peter
Goon
- APA NOTAM #59
- 23/02/2010
- PAK-FA, F-35, F-22 and
“Capability Surprise” |
Robert
Gottliebsen
- Business Spectator
- 22/02/2010 - Air
defence
in
a
spin
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Mark
Helprin
- Wall Street Journal
- 21/02/2010 - Why
the
Air
Force
Needs
the
F-22:
China
will
field
its
own
fifth-generation
fighter
in
2018
or
2020
|
News
Report
- AFP/Google -
20/02/2010 - Russia
will
honour
Iran
missile
deal:
minister
[S-300PMU1]
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| Aaron
Klein
- WorldNetDaily -
19/02/2010 - Official:
Russia
to
deliver
missile
defense
to
Iran;
System
would
make
strike
against
Tehran's
nuclear
reactors
more
difficult |
| Dr
Carlo
Kopp
- Jamestown Foundation / China
Brief - 18/02/2010 - Advances
in
PLA
C4ISR
Capabilities |
Cameron
Stewart
- The Australian -
18/02/2010 - Top-gun
fighter
in
a
spin
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News
Report
- RT.com - 17/02/2010
- Russian
company
eyes
offensive
military
satellite
|
Michael
Goldfarb
- The Weekly Standard
- 17/02/2010 - Russian
Raptor
Killer
is
a
"Game
Changer"
The
end
of
air
supremacy?
|
Stephen
Trimble
- Flight International
- 17/02/2010 -
Airborne Laser faces uncertain future despite historic intercept test
[Video:
Testing
Airborne
Laser
Weapons]
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| Bill
Sweetman
- Ares A Defense Technology
Blog - 16/02/2010 - JSF - 13-Month Delay Is Official |
News
Report
- Domain-B -
16/02/2010 - Russian
5th-Gen
fighter
makes
second
flight
news
|
| Ben
Sandilands
- Crikey.com -
16/02/2010 - Russian
jet
adds
to
Joint
Strike
Fighter
already-on-the-nose
dilemma |
| Ben
Sandilands
- Plane Talking
(Crikey.com) - 16/02/2010 - PAK-FA
analysis
and
high
level
advice
point
to
JSF
crisis |
| News
Report
- RIA Novosti -
16/02/2010 - Several
states
look
to
Russian
missiles
for
national
defense
systems |
News
Report
- United Press International
- 15/02/2010 - Russia
blows
hot
and
cold
over
Iran
S-300s
|
Michael
Owen
- The Australian -
15/02/2010 - US
Deputy
Secretary
of
Defence
Bill
Lynn
can't
put
price
on
F-35
warplanes
|
Chris
Mills
- APA NOTAM #58
- 15/02/2010
- Sukhoi PAK-FA - Russia's
Strategic ‘Game Changer’
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| Peter
Goon
- APA NOTAM #57
- 13/02/2010
- F-35A JSF: Not Even Second Place... |
| Peter
Goon
and
Dr
Carlo
Kopp
- APA NOTAM
#56
- 10/02/2010
- A
Perspective on the Quadrennial
Defense Review |
Robert
Gottliebsen
- Business Spectator
- 09/02/2010 - Last
chance
for
Australia's
defence
|
Borzou
Daragahi
- Los Angeles Times
- 08/02/2010 - Iran
says
it
will
build
10
nuclear
plants,
beef
up
military;
The
nation
announces
its
plans
despite
international
pressure
and
domestic
dissent.
|
Ben
Sandilands
- Plane Talking
(Crikey.com) - 06/02/2010 - How
long
has
the
PAK-FA
or
T-50
been
flying?
(video)
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| January
2010 |
|
News
Report
- rt.com - 31/01/2010 - Russian
fifth-generation
fighter:
high
hopes
(video)
|
News
Report
- rt.com - 29/01/2010
- Russian
fifth-generation
fighter
jet
takes
to
the
air
(video)
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News
Release
- Sukhoi JSC -
29/01/2010 - The
Sukhoi Company PAK-FA Enters Flight Test
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| Eric
L
Palmer
Blog
-
29/01/2010
- Update–Russian
stealth
fighter–PAK
FA flies |
Ben
Sandilands
- Plane Talking
(Crikey.com) - 21/01/2010 - Some
notes
concerning
Australia’s
exposure
to
the
risk
that
the
Joint
Strike
Fighter
is
a
failed
project
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| Dr
Martin
Andrew
- APA NOTAM #55
- 14/01/2010
- China’s Anti-Ballistic Missile
Test:
Much Ado About Nothing |
| James
Kraska
- Orbis /
FPRI - Winter 2010, Volume 54, Number 1 - How the
United States Lost the Naval War of 2015 |
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The
centrepiece of the Canberra bureaucracy's arguments against the F-22 is
a claim that the aircraft is not an effective bomber, despite the F-22
being the planned replacement for the F-117A Nighthawk bomber since
1999, and the primary element of the planned US Global Strike Task
Force. The F-22 now carries the GBU-32 JDAM and is being fitted to
carry
the latest GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (above). Like most other claims
made by the Canberra bureaucracy to justify the Joint Strike Fighter,
Super Hornet and early F-111 retirement, the claim that the F-22 is not
viable as a bomber is simply fiction (US Air Force image).
F-22A
Raptors
of
the
1st
FW
deployed
to
Kadena,
Okinawa
(Japan),
in
February,
2007.
There
is
a
strong
US
national
interest
case
that
Pacrim
allies such as Australia should be
operating the F-22A rather than less capable or older fighter types (US
Air Force image).
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- F-22
Raptor
News
Archive @
Air-Attack.com
- United States Government Accountability Office -
March 2007
- GAO-07-360 JOINT
STRIKE FIGHTER Progress Made and Challenges Remain
- United States Government Accountability Office -
March 2007
- GAO-07-360
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER - Highlights
- Defense Industry Daily - Australian
Air
Power
Controversy:
F-35
and
Super
Hornets
Under
Fire
(continuously
updated)
- Robert Kress and Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist,
U.S. Navy
(Ret.) - Flight Journal - Russian
fighters for the USAF/USN? The ultimate irony …
- Robert Kress and Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist,
U.S. Navy
(Ret.) - Flight Journal - Battle
of
the
SuperFighters
-
F-14D
Tomcat
vs.
F/A18
E/F
Super
Hornet
[Editor's Note: The Su-30/35 Flankers are comparable to the F-14D in
size, weight and performance, making this a useful comparison for
analytical purposes. The Soviets were strongly influenced by the F-14
when they designed the T-10 Flanker.]
- William S Cohen - Air Force Magazine - January 2000
- Cohen on
Air
Power [SecDef public statement describing planning for the
replacement of the F-117A with the F-22A]
- Dr
Rebecca
Grant - IRIS
Independent Research - The
Radar
Game:
Understanding
Stealth
and
Aircraft
Survivability
[Highly
Recommended - Refer Page 27]
- Matthew H. Molloy Lt Col, USAF, SCHOOL OF ADVANCED
AIRPOWER
STUDIES,
U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR SALE: CRAFTING AN F-22 EXPORT POLICY
- President
Clinton
promises
F-22
to
Israel
(2001)
- David A Fulghum and Michael J Fabey - Aviation Week & Space Technology
- F-22
Road
Show
(Compendium)
- Don Middleton
- ADA Defender - Summer
2006/2007 - Are
the
F-111s
Really
Stuffed?
- ANAO Audit
Report
No.27
2006–07
Management
of
Air
Combat
Fleet
In-Service
Support
- US Air
Force White Paper on Long Range Bombers
- Dr
Rebecca
Grant -AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION SPECIAL REPORT - Feb 2007 - RETURN OF THE
BOMBER - THE FUTURE OF LONG-RANGE STRIKE
- Monitoring the
Procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter (Netherlands Court of Audit)
- Lieutenant Colonel Neil James - REFORM
OF
THE
DEFENCE
MANAGEMENT
PARADIGM:
A
FRESH
VIEW
-
WORKING
PAPER
NO.
59,
Australian
Defence Studies Centre, May 2000.
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The
F-111
is
Australia's
'equivalent'
to
the
US
B-52
bomber,
providing
heavy
punch
for
a
variety
of
strike
roles.
Despite
the
size
disparity,
the
F-111
typically
carries
around
half
the
500
lb
bomb
payload
of
the
B-52H,
albeit
to
a
lesser
distance.
The
US
Air
Force
is
likely
to
still
be
flying
1961
built
B-52H
aircraft
in
2037,
but
Canberra
bureaucrats
intend
to
retire
the
F-111
in
2010, despite its youth relative to the
B-52H. In 2003 the bureaucracy argued that the cost of running the
F-111
would blow out in coming years. When this
was
proven to be wrong they argued it was non-viable due to the absence
of networking and modern digital weapons. When this argument was proven
wrong by RAAF/Boeing engineers who integrated JDAM and JTIDS networking
using an internal shoestring budget, the bureaucrats are now arguing
unknown structural risks, despite the success of the second wing
fatigue
life extension testing by DSTO, the Cold Proof Load Testing capability
in Australia, extensive wing refurbishment, the ongoing "safety by
inspection program", the available wing refurbishment capability at
Amberley and the very low cost of new build replacement wings as a
fallback option. All of these capabilities exist today; are assuring
the
airworthiness of the F-111 fleet; and, come at a tiny fraction of the
cost of the six billion dollar Super Hornet gap filler. Not a single
argument for F-111 retirement is anything but non-sequitur speculation
by the bureaucracy. Australia's F-111 fleet accounts for 40-60% of
Australia's punch and its loss produces a self induced but very real
capability gap of unprecedented proportions (US DoD image).
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