APA News Archive Page

Last Updated: Mon Jan 27 11:18:09 UTC 2014

APA News Archive Page

2009

This page archives older news report links.

December 2009

Chris Mills - APA NOTAM #54 - 06/12/2009 - FD-2000 / HQ-9 SAM - China's Strategic ‘Game Changer’

November 2009

Max Blenkin - Sydney Morning Herald / AAP - 27/11/2009 - Oldest Caribou flies to new home

David Gardner - Daily Mail (UK) - 26/11/2009 - UK anger as America refuses to share secrets of new radar-evading Lockheed F35 fighter jet... that Britain helped pay for

News Report - RIA Novosti - 26/11/2009 - Russia to deploy more S-400 air-defense battalions in 2010

Eric L. Palmer - Crikey.com - 26/11/2009 - Expensive, unproven: meet the F-35 ‘Madoff’

Bob Cox - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 25/11/2009 - Australia becomes first nation to formally commit to buying F-35s

News Report - People's Daily Online (PRC) - 24/11/2009 - Chinese Air Force official: China's fourth-generation fighters refer to modified J-10 fighters

John Tsucalas - The Bulletin - 23/11/2009 - F-22 Necessary For Continued Dominance

Colin Clark - DoD Buzz - 23/11/2009 - JSF STOVL Woes Strike Pax River

Cameron Stewart - The Australian - 23/11/2009 - F-35s hit by delays, cost blowout

Peter Goon - APA NOTAM #53 - 22/11/2009 - F-35 JSF: The Gamekeeper vs the Poachers

Christopher Drew - New York Times - 21/11/2009 - U.S. May Add Money to Program for F-35 Jet

Greg Grant - DoD Buzz - 20/11/2009 - U.S. Power Slipping, Analysts Warn

Winslow T. Wheeler - Huffington Post - 20/11/2009 - Joint Strike Fighter: We Were Told This Would Happen

Carlo Kopp - APA NOTAM #52 - 19/11/2009 - F-35 JSF Program: Assessment of Top Level Programmatic Risks

News Report - Defense Professionals - 19/11/2009 - Sukhoi kicks off production of Su-35S ordered by the Russian Defense Ministry at MARK 2009

Bill Gertz - Inside the Ring / Washington Times - 19/11/2009 - DIA on China's new fighter

Colin Clark - DoD Buzz - 17/11/2009 - QDR Panel Stalls, Loses Warner

Lewis Page - The Register - 17/11/2009 - V-22 Osprey, stealth jumpjet 'need refrigerated landing pads'; Hover-ships' hot exhaust melting decks of US warships

Tom Vanden Brook, Ken Dilanian and Ray Locker - USA TODAY - 17/11/2009 - How some retired military officers became well-paid consultants

News Report - United Press International - 17/11/2009 - Arabs go for air power to counter Iran

Bob Cox - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 16/11/2009 - Lockheed is upbeat about F-35 program

Bob Cox - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 15/11/2009 - F-35 is far behind schedule and over budget, reports show

Yaakov Katz - The Jerusalem Post - 14/11/2009 - Israel wants production role in F-35

Kris Kafka - APA NOTAM #51 - 13/11/2009 - F-35 JSF and the SecDef's Nightmare

News Report - Pravda.ru - 13/11/2009 - Russian Arms To Shatter USA's Far-Fetched Monopoly in Saudi Arabia

David A. Fulghum - Ares - AW&ST - 12/11/2009 - U.S. F-22s versus Chinese F-35s

Winslow T. Wheeler - Straus Military Reform Project - 12/11/2009 - The Pentagon's Self-Dismembering F-35

Patrick Walters - The Australian - 12/11/2009 - Budget fear puts off buy-up of F-35 jets

Peter Goon - APA NOTAM #50 - 11/11/2009 - F-35 JSF: Becoming Your Own Peer Threat

Anshel Pfeffer - Haaretz - 11/11/2009 - Defense industries irked over snub of local technology by IDF's F-35 order

Tom Dusevic - The Australian - 10/11/2009 - Defence consultancy fees out $5.8m

Peter Goon - APA NOTAM #49 - 08/11/2009 - Mr Secretary - Why Does the Pentagon Say the JSF is a 5th Generation Fighter . . Really?

News Report - DEBKAfile - 06/11/2009 - Huge Saudi-Russian S-400 missile deal stalled over Israeli objections

News Report - United Press International - 04/11/2009 - F-35 looks to be costlier than planned

Yaakov Katz - The Jerusalem Post - 04/11/2009 - Lockheed Martin reps in Israel amid concerns

Interview - Xinhua - 01/11/2009 - China's PLA eyes future in space, air: air force commander

October 2009

Michael Smith - The Sunday Times (UK) - 25/10/2009 - Navy surrenders one new aircraft carrier in budget battle [NB JSF buy reduced to 50]

Colin Clark - DoD Buzz - 23/10/2009 - Hill Aides Call For JSF Restructure

Peter Denning - ACM Ubiquity Volume 10, Issue 10 - 13-20/10/2009 - Are Militaries Lagging Their Non-State Enemies in use of Internet? An Interview with Chris Gunderson

Johan Boeder - defense-aerospace.com - 06/10/2009 - JSF Market Analysis: How Many JSF’s Will Be Produced?

Johan Boeder - Dutch Parliament Defense Commission (Submission) - 06/10/2009 - Market analysis JSF; How many JSF’s will be produced? (PDF)

Aaron Klein - WorldNetDaily - 06/10/2009 - Russia to sell advanced defense system to Saudis;
Deal deters Moscow's sale of missile shield to Iran [S-400]

News Report - United Press International - 05/10/2009 - Russia launches new Mideast arms push

News Report - AFP - 02/10/2009 - Russian firm is confident to win Brazil jet deal [Su-35S]

Paul Handley - AFP - 01/10/2009 - Saudis eye Russian air defence system: analysts

September 2009

News Report - ITAR-TASS - 26/09/2009 - S-500 to be strategic missile defence element -- Air Force deputy commander

Ümit ENGİNSOY - HÜRRİYET DAILY NEWS - 23/09/2009 - Rivals offer differing advantages in Turkish air-defense deal [S-400/HQ-9]

News Report - United Press International - 21/09/2009 - Raytheon radar system gets designation [APG-63(V)4 becomes APG-82]

Roland Oliphant - The Moscow News - 21/09/2009 - Energy key to Chavez armaments deal [S-300/S-400]

Bill Sweetman - Ares / AW&ST - 21/09/2009 - Fewer Fighters, New Bomber - CSBA's Air Force Plan

David A. Fulghum - Aerospace Daily and Defense Report - 17/09/2009 - USAF Mulls Formation Of ISR Command

News Report - RIA Novosti - 16/09/2009 - Russia set to finish development of new [S-500] air defense system

Greg Grant - DoD Buzz - 16/09/2009 - U.S. Air Dominance Eroding

News Report - ABC News (Australia) - 16/09/2009 - Questions over F-35's stealth capability

Arno Maierbrugger - Gulfnews.com - 14/08/2009 - Saudi Arabia on arms shopping spree in Russia [S-400]

Chris Mills - APA NOTAM - 14/08/2009 - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter vs Russia's New Airborne Counter-Stealth Radars

Jim Wolf - Reuters - 10/09/2009 - Senate panel seeks end to F-22 export ban

Richard D Fisher, Jr - Wall Street Journal - 1/09/2009 - China Puts Up a Fighter; Beijing's fifth-generation military challenge to the U.S.

August 2009

Mike Wynne - DoD Buzz - 27/08/2009 - Holes in US Defense Umbrella: Wynne

Steve Forbes - Forbes.com - Sept 2009 - Resurrect the Raptor

Dr Carlo Kopp and Peter Goon - APA NOTAM - 17/08/2009 - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program:
Collapse is a “When” Question, not an “If” Question

Bob Cox - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 15/08/2009 - Close Review of F-35 program may raise cost estimate

Rebecca Grant - Air Force Magazine - August 2009 - The Turning Point

John Stillion - Air Force Magazine - August 2009 - Fighting Under Missile Attack [Recommended]

Tom Plate - The Jakarta Post - 15/08/2009 - Examining Beijing's new Powell Doctrine

Bob Cox - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 14/08/2009 - Military's operational costs may squeeze spending on F-35

Douglas Barrie and Maxim Pyadushkin - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 13/08/2009 - R-77, R-73 Missile Upgrades Emerge

Rowan Scarborough - Human Events - 13/08/2009 - Defense: They Build While We Cut

Gen Merrill A McPeak (Retd) - Wall Street Journal - 09/08/2009 - Why We Need the F-22

Greg Grant - DoD Buzz - 07/08/2009 - QDR Team: Big Threats Matter

Jeff Marchesseault - Guam News Factor - 05/08/2009 - War Game Study Reveals Guam's Strategic Vantage

David Axe - Wired / Danger Room - 05/08/2009 - Think Tank: China Beats U.S. in Simulated Taiwan Air War

David A. Shlapak et al - RAND Corporation - A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute [MG888 - Recommended]

Thomas Harding - Telegraph (UK) - 05/08/2009 - Defence jobs at risk as MoD drops jump jet fighter engine

July 2009

Andrew Taylor - Associated Press - 29/07/2009 - White House issues veto threats; House fights loom

Julie Vorman - Reuters - 28/07/2009 - White House repeats F-22 veto threat

Otto Kreisher - Government Executive - 28/07/2009 - Defense review sees no growth in budgets, troops

Carlo Kopp [Interview] - Lenta.ru - 28/07/2009 - Кто хозяин в небе? [Who rules the skies? Russian language]

Reuben F. Johnson - Weekly Standard - 27/07/2009 - Myths Of The Raptor; Obama's "victory" over the F-22

Ann Gerhart and Perry Bacon Jr - Washington Post - 26/07/2009 - Aggressive, Coordinated Effort Led to F-22's Demise

Josh Rogin - CQ Politics - 23/07/2009 - Report: F-35 Work Falls Behind Two More Years

Jim Snyder and Silla Brush - The Hill - 20/07/2009 - Subject of veto threat, F-22 faces 2 key votes

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D. - The Heritage Foundation - 20/07/2009 - Spending Spree and Cutting Defense Don't Add Up

Matthew Potter - Bnet Government - 20/07/2009 - Showdown Expected On Defense Spending

John M. Doyle - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 19/07/2009 - White House Threatens Veto of Defense Bills with Extra F-22s

Ed Timperlake - American Thinker - 19/07/2009 - F-22 to Japan and Israel: A debt of Honor

Richard D. Fisher Jr - Washington Times - 19/07/2009 - F-22 fighters for Japan; Could actually help avoid a worse arms race

Rowan Scarborough - FoxNews.com - 17/07/2009 - Top Obama Backer Warns Ending F-22 Production Is 'Real Mistake'

Michael M. Dunn - HumanEvents.org - 17/07/2009 - F-22 -- An Essential National Security Asset

Megan Scully - Government Executive - 17/07/2009 - Senate agreement clears way for vote on future of F-22

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) - Media Release - 16/07/2009 - HATCH OPPOSES AMENDMENT TO STOP PRODUCTION OF THE F-22A RAPTOR

Roxana Tiron - The Hill - 16/07/2009 - House defense appropriators OK more F-22 funds

John Crawley - Reuters - 16/07/2009 - Rep Murtha believes F-22 deal can be reached

Jen Dimascio - Politico - 16/07/2009 - Lawmakers continue pushing for F-22 Raptors

Robert S. Dudney - Air Force Magazine - July 2009 - The Strategy’s Last Stand?

John M. Doyle - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 15/07/2009 - Senators Shelve F-22 Procurement Debate

David A. Fulghum - Ares A Defense Technology Blog - 15/07/2009 - Suspect Reports Form Basis for F-22 Cuts

Kyle Wingfield - Atlanta-Journal Consitution - 16/07/2009 - F-22 still needed to secure skies

Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 14/07/2009 - U.S. military needs the F-22 Raptor

News Report - Pravda.ru - 13/07/2009 - Russia's Su-30 fighter to become world’s most exported jet

Matthew Potter - Bnet - 14/07/2009 - F-22 Survival Battle Begins

John M. Donnelly - CQ Politics - 14/07/2009 - Jet Advocates Flout Veto Threat

Noah Shachtman - Wired - 14/07/2009 - Despite Obama, Senate Momentum Builds for Stealth Jets

Daily Report - Air Force Magazine - 13/07/2009 - Full Court Press / Chicago Rules / The F-22, Bagel and a Smear / And the Air Force’s Take

Mackenzie Eaglen and Lajos Szaszdi - The Heritage Foundation - 13/07/2009 - Congress Should Support the Development of an Allied Variant of the F-22A

Roxana Tiron - The Hill - 09/07/2009 - Murtha open to spending more on F-22

Bjørnar Bolsøy - F-16.net - 09/07/2009 - ANG Director's F-22 appeal to Congress

John T Bennett - Defense News - 09/07/2009 - Cartwright Talks F-22, Advocates JROC Changes

News Report - Telegraph India - 09/07/2009 - Antony unveils Sukhoi roster

News Report - CQ Politics - 08/07/2009 - Top Air National Guard General Backs F-22 Production

Mackenzie Eaglen and Lajos Szaszdi - The Heritage Foundation - 07/07/2009 - The Growing Air Power Fighter Gap: Implications for U.S. National Security

Peter Goon - Plane Talking / Crikey.com - 07/07/2009 - How the Joint Strike Fighter and Dreamliner 787 programs are compromised by similar project management failures

Yaakov Katz - The Jerusalem Post - 03/07/2009 - Israel hopes Congress will lift F-22 ban

Yaakov Katz - Jerusalem Post - 01/07/2009 - Egypt wants S-400 to counter Iran

News Report - United Press International - 01/07/2009 - Israel moves to block missiles to Iran

June 2009

David A. Fulghum and John M. Doyle - Aviation Week's DTI - 26/06/2009 - Murtha Lends Support for More F-22s

Mary Lou Pickel - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 26/06/2009 - Senate panel OKs F-22 funding

Yochi J. Dreazen - Washington Wire - 26/06/2009 - Air Force Secretary Repeats F-22 Veto Threat

Michael Auslin - Washington Examiner - 26/06/2009 - White House F-22 cuts mean hollow Air Force

Timothy Walton and Randal Drew - The Washington Times - 26/06/2009 - Hill battle for the F-22: Backers rally to save cutting-edge Raptor

News Report - United Press International - 26/06/2009 - U.S.-Japan dance on F-22 continues

James Pethokoukis - Reuters - 25/06/2009 - US Senate bill seeks study on export F-22 version

Tom McInerney and Paul Vallely - HumanEvents.com - 24/06/2009 - Gates' Epiphany

Donna Borak - Associated Press - 18/06/2009 - Gates: Money included for F-22 jet a 'big problem'

Mary Lou Pickel - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 18/06/2009 - Support grows for building more Raptors

Sam LaGrone - Air Force Times - 18/06/2009 - ACC commander: 187 F-22s puts strategy at risk

William Matthews - Defense News - 18/06/2009 - F-22 Fight Divides Gates, U.S. Lawmakers

Noah Shachtman - Wired News - 18/06/2009 - Stealth Jet Revolt Could Mean Pentagon Budget Showdown

Megan Scully - GovExec.com - 18/06/2009 - Lawmaker backs more fighter jet funding despite appearances

Jim Wolf - Reuters - 18/06/2009 - Top general warns against ending F-22 fighter

John M. Donnelly - CQ Politics - 17/06/2009 - Top Air Force General Calls Current F-22 Plan ‘High Risk’

August Cole - Wall Street Journal - 17/06/2009 - Lawmakers Make Surprise Move to Keep Lockheed Fighter Alive

Mustafa El-Labbad - Al Ahran Weekly - 16/06/2009 - Reason to worry

Loren B. Thompson - United Press International - 12/06/2009 - Obama should sell F-22 Raptor to Japan

Hari Sud - United Press International - 12/06/2009 - India needs a missile defense

News Report - Middle East Times - 12/06/2009 - Iran plans air force maneuvers

Jim Wolf - Reuters - 11/06/2009 - Global fighter aircraft market heats up

Jun Hongo - The Japan Times - 11/06/2009 - BAE pitching Typhoon as F-22 eludes; Europeans make move amid U.S. export ban on stealth fighter

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Washington Post - 11/06/2009 - U.S. sees big obstacles to F-22 exports

News Report - United Press International - 09/06/2009 - Japan prefers F-22 fighter over F-35

David A. Fulghum - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 03/06/2009 - Japanese F-22 Campaign Lives On

Matthew Potter - BNet Government - 03/06/2009 - Congress Using The Defense Budget To Try To Save The F-22

News Report - Government Executive - 03/06/2009 - Air Force need for F-35s is under review

Roxana Tiron - Fox News - 03/06/2009 - Microwave Missiles: High-Energy Weapons in the Air Force

Craig Hoyle - Flight International - 03/06/2009 - Gripen revives war of words over Norwegian fighter assessment

Christopher Cavas - Defense News - 02/06/2009 - U.S. Navy Defends Aviation Plans

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 01/06/2009 - US lawmakers said exploring F-22 version for Japan

May 2009

News Report - Asia One - 31/05/2009 - F-22 deployed to Japan amid tensions

David Kirkpatrick and Davide Hershenhorn - New York Times - 30/05/2009 - In Battle to Cut Billions, a Spotlight on One Man

Barak Ravid - Haaretz.com - 29/07/2009 - Netanyahu to Putin: Stop selling missiles to Iran

David Crane - Defense Review - 29/05/2009 - F-22 Raptor Program: Will we learn from it?

News Report - Russia Today - 29/05/2009 - International weapons smuggling ring busted

News Report - Times of India - 28/05/2009 - Indian Air Force inducts its first AWACS

News Report - RIA Novosti - 28/05/2009 - First Russian AWACS plane put in service with Indian air force

Clifford J Levy - New York Times - 28/05/2009 - Russia: Arrests in Spare-Parts Ring

Dave Majumdar - Examiner.com - 26/05/2009 - Combat Hammer: Death from above

John T. Bennett - Air Force Times - 21/05/2009 - Ga. senator says support exists for more F-22s

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 21/05/2009 - U.S. Air Force to regain control of tanker bidding

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 21/05/2009 - US Air Force sees risk in halting F-22 production

News Report - RIA Novosti - 20/05/2009 - Russia freezes warplane contract with Syria - report (MiG-31)

Spencer Ackerman - The Washington Independent - 14/05/2009 - Gates vs. Chambliss (and the Air Force?) on the F-22

Nathan Hodge - Wired Blog - 14/05/2009 - Pentagon, Congress Square Off Over Unconventional War Shift

Donna Borak - Associated Press - 14/05/2009 - Gates: weapons projects cuts were 'no brainers'

Alex Sanchez - Vheadline.com - 14/05/2009 - Separating Fact from Fiction: An analysis of Venezuela's military power

Jeremy Lemer and Alex Barker - The Financial Times - 14/05/2009 - Eurofighter relief as Brown approves order

Jonathan Buck - The Wall Street Journal - 14/05/2009 - UK Commitment Provides Boost For Eurofighter

News Report - The Straits Times - 14/05/2009 - Vietnam to buy 12 fighter jets

News Report - World Tribune - 13/05/2009 - Major Russian upgrade said to 'change the face
of Algeria's military'

Jung Sung-ki - The Korea Times - 12/05/2009 - Korea Seeks to Build Semi-Stealth Fighter

News Report - RIA Novosti - 12/05/2009 - U.S. buys Su-27 fighters from Ukraine for 'aggressor' training

News Report - Domain-B - 11/05/2009 - India, Russia to discuss roadmap for air-launched version of BrahMos

News Report - MosNews.com - 11/05/2009 - US buys Ukrainian fighter jets

Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - 11/05/2009 - ANALYSIS: Gates' Budget Cuts Sour Conservatives

Caroline Brothers - New York Times - 11/05/2009 - U.K. Role in Eurofighter Jet Project Is at Risk

Luke Baker - The Guardian - 11/05/2009 - UK assessing cost of cancelling Eurofighter deal

Kimberly White - nwfdailynews.com - 11/05/2009 - F-35 recording deafens Val-P meeting

News Report - RIA Novosti - 11/05/2009 - Russia to start flight tests of 5th-generation fighter by yearend

Oleg Shchedrov - Reuters - 11/05/2009 - Russia's first post-Soviet warplane to fly in 2009

News Report - The Jerusalem Post - 11/05/2009 - Iran to procure Chinese defense system [HQ-9/FD-2000]

News Report - Payvand News - 10/05/09 - Russia 'losing to China on Iran S-300 quest'

Andrei Chang and John Wu - United Press International - 08/05/2009 - China readies J-10A fighter for export

News Report - Rosbalt.ru - 07/05/2009 - China may supply Iran with analogue of S-300 [HQ-9/FD-2000]

Mackenzie Eaglen and Eric Sayers - Heritage Foundation - 05/05/2009 - Independent Panel Needed for Alternative Views to the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review

Ben Blanchard - Reuters - 05/05/2009 - China rebuffs Australian worries over military

Hugh White - The Australian - 04/05/2009 - Muddled report leaves gaps in our defence

John Garnaut - The Sydney Morning Herald - 04/05/2009 - Rudd accused of fuelling new arms race

Bob Keefe - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 01/05/2009 - Number of F-22s insufficient, ex-chief says

Michael Goldfarb - Weekly Standard - 01/05/2009 - Resistance on Defense Cuts Takes Shape in the Senate

John Garnaut - The Sydney Morning Herald - 01/05/2009 - Defence build-up alarms Beijing

April 2009

Hans Vogel - Pravda.ru - 30/04/2009 - Beware of JSF, the Swindle of the Century

Michael Goldfarb - Weekly Standard - 29/04/2009 - Senators Pushing Back On F-22, C-17

Dan Eggen - Washington Post - 29/04/2009 - Plan to Cut Weapons Programs Disputed; Defense Supporters Say 100,000 Jobs Are in Jeopardy

Nabi Abdullaev - Defense News - 27/04/2009 - Russia: Turkey Seeks To Buy Air Defense System

News Report - RIA Novosti - 27/04/2009 - Turkey hopes to buy S-400 air defense systems from Russia

News Report - Defence Management Journal - 24/04/2009 - Minister noncommittal on JSF

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 24/04/2009 - Netherlands JSF Debate - Final Update

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 24/04/2009 - Oh No, Not This Again

Stephen Trimble - Flight International - 24/04/2009 - The F-22 debate: Sestak vs Chambliss

Bruce Rolfsen - Air Force Times - 24/04/2009 - Lawmakers signal long battle over F-22 cuts

Niall O'Keeffe - Flight International - 24/04/2009 - Dutch opt to postpone JSF decision

David Hambling - Danger Room - 23/04/2009 - Army 'Multimode' Raygun Tech Zaps, Crackles, Pops

News Report - Dutch News - 22/04/2009 - Labour breaks ranks, won't back JSF

Carlo Kopp - Interview / SBS News - 22/04/2009 - Cyberspies hack into US fighter project

Ilya Kramnik - RIA Novosti - 21/04/2009 - Fifth-generation fighter to be developed in joint project

Dr Loren B. Thompson - United Press International - 21/04/2009 - Gates drops ball on U.S. Air Force needs

Siobhan Gorman et al - The Wall Street Journal - 21/04/2009 - Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project

Yaakov Katz - Jerusalem Post - 20/04/2009 - IAF mulling purchase of 'stealthy' F-15SEs

News Report - RIA Novosti - 20/04/2009 - Latin American states vie for Russian weaponry at arms show

Nate Hale - Norfolk Military Affairs Examiner - 17/04/2009 - Pentagon budget threatens airpower, national security, expert warns

Anshel Pfeffer - Haaretz.com - 17/04/2009 - IDF deal for F-35 sours over soaring costs of fighter jets

News Report - Tehran Times - 17/04/2009 - Tehran says S-300 missile deal with Russia on track

Hugh White - Lowy Institute Paper 26 - 17/04/2009 - A focused force; AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCE PRIORITIES IN THE ASIAN CENTURY

Sally Adee - IEEE Spectrum Online - April 2009 - Portable E-Bomb to Be Tested

Max Blenkin - The Age - 17/04/2009 - RAAF's Wedgetail future on the line

Martin Sieff - United Press International - 16/04/2009 - S-400s will defend Russia from cruise missiles, stealth bombers [SA-21 first export orders to Belarus]

Andrea James - Seattle Post Intelligencer - 16/04/2009 - F-22 Raptor officials to demonstrate need for plane program

News Report - New Scientist - 16/04/2009 - Microwaves could defuse bombs from afar

Stephen Trimble - Flight International - 15/04/2009 - USAF selects datalink to bridge communications gap between F-22 and F-35

John M. Doyle - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 14/04/2009 - Chambliss To Fight To Restore F-22

Dr Loren B. Thompson - United Press International - 14/04/2009 - U.S. needs more F-22 Raptors in a dangerous, unpredictable world

Dick Trail - McCook Daily Gazette- 14/04/2009 - An absence of leadership

Nabi Abdullaev - Defense News - 13/04/2009 - Russia Heads South, Moves into Former U.S. Markets

James Jay Carafano - San Francisco Examiner - 13/04/2009 - Obama’s penny-wise, pound-foolish defense budget

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 13/04/2009 - Air Force needs more F-22s to maintain air supremacy

Stephen Trimble - Flight International - 13/04/2009 - Schwartz & Donley: Why we advised Gates to kill F-22 production

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 13/04/2009 - No More F-22s: USAF Leaders

Eric L. Palmer - F-16.net - 13/04/2009 - Donley and Schwartz are Wrong

Michael Donley and Norton Schwartz - Washington Post - 13/04/2009 - Moving Beyond the F-22

Eric S. Margolis - The Sun Daily - 13/04/2009 - US plans for colonial warfare

Cameron Stewart and Patrick Walters - The Australian - 13/04/2009 - Defence plan rejects US strategy

Amy Butler - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 12/04/2009 - Gates Proposes Massive Spending Shift for Pentagon in 2010

Bob Keefe and Dan Chapman - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 12/04/2009 - F-22 fight on horizon

Neil Chandler - Daily Star - 12/04/2009 - RAF's Blunder and Lightning

Hugh White - The Australian - 13/04/2009 - Bracing for the Asian century

Cameron Stewart and Patrick Walters - The Australian - 11/04/2009 - Spy chiefs cross swords over China as Kevin Rudd backs defence hawks

Russ Bynum - The Associated Press - 11/04/2009 - Defense cuts may add to growing unemployment lines

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 10/04/2009 - What Did The Air Force Really Want?

Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. - Lexington Institute - 09/04/2009 - AIR FORCE PREPARED TO END F-22 AT 243 AIRCRAFT, NOT 187

Senior Airman Ryan Whitney - 36th Wing Public Affairs - 08/04/2009 - F-22 exchange pilot helps strengthen U.S., Australian ties

August Cole - The Wall Street Journal - 08/04/2009 - Fight Over F-22's Future to Test Defense Overhaul

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates - 06/04/2009 - DoD News Briefing Transcript

Dan Chapman - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 05/04/2009 - F-22 may get a reprieve

Eric L. Palmer - F-16.net - 05/04/2009 - No Shack, Just a Miss

Spencer Ackerman - Washington Independent - 04/04/2009 - Defense Contractors Angered by Gates Budget Strategy

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 01/04/2009 - F-22 vital for 21st century U.S. air superiority

Senior Airman Shane Dunaway - 36th Wing Public Affairs - 01/04/2009 - Andersen gives up-close view of F-22, B-2

March 2009

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 31/03/2009 - F-22 displays combat superiority at high altitudes

Stephen Johnson - The Age - 31/03/2009 - RAAF denies Australia not ready for war

News Report - USNI - 31/03/2009 - Report: Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers; Advanced missile poses substantial new threat for U.S. Navy

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 30/03/2009 - F-22 has unique combination of speed and stealth

Research Paper - Munk Centre / Uni of Toronto - 29/03/2009 - Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network

Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen - Newsmax.com - 29/03/2009 - Newt Gingrich: A Single Nuke Could Destroy America

Yaakov Katz - The Jerusalem Post - 29/03/2009 - Defense Ministry eyes possible lift of US ban on foreign sales of F-22 fighter

John Markoff - The New York Times - 28/03/2009 - Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 27/03/2009 - F-22 needed against upgraded Russian air combat capabilities

Cui Xiaohuo - China Daily - 27/03/2009 - Pentagon report 'grossly distorts facts'

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 27/03/2009 - JSF Engine Demonstrates Maturity

Robert Gottliebsen - Business Spectator - 27/02/2009 - Dark days for defence

News Report - China View - 26/03/2009 - China voices strong dissatisfaction over U.S. military report

News Report - PressTV Iran - 26/03/2009 - China tells US to forgo 'Cold War' mindset

Chris Buckley - Reuters - 26/03/2009 - China says Pentagon report will hurt military ties

OpEd - Xinhua - 26/03/2009 - Pentagon issues annual report on China's military power

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 26/03/2009 - U.S. Air Force needs operational freedom to neutralize new threats

Bernard Keane - Crikey.com - 26/03/2009 - Fitzgibbon affair points to bureaucrats out of control

News Report - Sydney Morning Herald - 26/03/2009 - Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon - Minister answers leak allegations

News Report - AFP - 26/03/2009 - Australia probes report military spied on minister

Richard Baker, Philip Dorling and Nick McKenzie - The Age - 26/03/2009 - Defence spies on its minister

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 25/03/2009 - U.S. needs to deter China's mobile missile launchers

Stephen Trimble - The Dewline - 25/03/2009 - The Battle of Fort Worth continues: Lockheed strikes back

Jim Garamone - American Forces Press Service - 25/03/2009 - China’s Military Capabilities Continue to Grow, Report Says (PDF report download)

WGCDR C. L. Mills - Military Menagerie / Southern Community Radio 88.3 (Melbourne) - 24/03/2009 - Interview (MP3)

Giovanni de Briganti - Defense-Aerospace.com - 24/03/2009 - Program Official Offers Cash Rebate on JSF

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 24/03/2009 - F-22 is needed to project deterrence toward a reviving Russia

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 24/03/2009 - F-22 necessary for any pre-emptive strike on Iran

E.R. Bills - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 22/03/2009 - THE ECONOMY: Slacking on the taxpayers’ dime

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 20/03/2009 - U.S. faces ISR lockout threat over Iran

Amy Butler - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 20/03/2009 - Stealthy F-15 Could Enliven St. Louis Facility

News Report - Russia Today - 20/03/2009 - Su-35 fighter makes 100th flight

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 19/03/2009 - U.S. urgently needs to keep its ISR high-tech edge

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 18/03/2009 - Russia, China preparing new challenges to the United States

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 18/03/2009 - This JSF Post Is Hot

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 17/03/2009 - U.S. air superiority faces new challenges

Ilya Kramnik - RIA Novosti - 17/03/2009 - Second S-400 air defense regiment put into service in Russia

Mark Drajem and Holly Rosenkrantz - Bloomberg - 17/03/2009 - Intel, Lockheed Tell Obama on Taxes, F-22: Not in This Economy

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 17/03/2009 - Silent Eagle - The Technoid View

Amy Butler - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 17/03/2009 - Silent Eagle Sneaks into the Market

Amy Butler - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 17/03/2009 - Boeing Unveils New Stealthy F-15SE

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 16/03/2009 - U.S. still needed air superiority to win its recent wars

Phillip Dorling - Canberra Times - 14/03/2009 - US gives big dose of plane speaking

News Report - Pravda.ru - 13/03/2009 - Russia to sell ten divisions of S-300 missile systems to Kazakhstan

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 13/03/2009 - GAO Reports on JSF

News Report - defence.professionals GmbH - 13/03/2009 - New U.S. GAO report warns about risks in JSF programme

United States Government Accountability Office - March 2009 - JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER Accelerating Procurement before Completing Development Increases the Government’s Financial Risk

Rebecca Grant - United Press International - 13/03/2009 - F-22 vital to maintain U.S. military supremacy in 21st century

Thomas Crimmins - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy - 13/03/2009 - Buying Time with Iran: The F-22 Fighter

Frida Berrigan - New America Foundation / The Nation - 12/03/2009 - Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

Bradley Perrett - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 12/03/2009 - F-35 May Need Thermal Management Changes

News Report - Pravda.ru - 11/03/2009 - Moscow signs deal to sell S-300 air defense systems to Iran

News Report - The Japan Times - 11/03/2009 - Think tank urges Japan, U.S. to draw even closer

David Hambling - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 11/03/2009 - E-Bombs Could Go Mainstream

Dave Majumdar - NY Military and Civil Aviation Examiner - 10/03/2009 - The makings of a warrior: Training pilots to fly America's next generation fighters.

Richard Weitz - World Politics Review - 10/03/2009 - Global Insights: Russia, Iran, and Washington Battle Over S-300s

News Report - Fox/AP - 10/03/2009 - Blair: China Adopting a More Aggressive Military Stance

News Report - defence.professionals GmbH - 10/03/2009 - Dutch Cabinet Feels the Heat Over JSF

R.D. Fisher - The International Assessment and Strategy Center - 10/03/2009 - Update: China’s Aircraft Carriers (recommended)

Mark Leftly - The Independent (UK) - 08/03/2009 - Britain feels the heat of US defence blitz

News Report - defence.professionals GmbH - 06/03/2009 - No Fixed Price for Joint Strike Fighter

Andrei Chang - United Press International Asia - 06/03/2009 - China offers HQ-9 SAM for export

Peter Foster - The Telegraph (UK) - 06/03/2009 - China must build aircraft carrier 'soon' military says

Bao Daozu - China Daily - 06/03/2009 - Military deputies urge building of aircraft carriers

News Report - Florida Today - 06/03/2009 - Man convicted of selling military radar equipment to China

Arie Egozi - Flight International - 06/03/2009 - Israel stands firm on demand for domestic JSF content

David A. Fulghum - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 06/03/2009 - JSF Leadership Reins in EW Speculation

Andy Nativi - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 05/03/2009 - F-35 Air Combat Skills Analyzed

Bill Sweetman - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 04/03/2009 - Global Opposition Movement Challenges JSF

Ilya Kramnik - RIA Novosti - 03/03/2009 - Kazakhstan, Russia sign contract on S-300 air defense systems

Ilya Kramnik - RIA Novosti - 03/03/2009 - Russia set to build new aircraft carrier

Michael Fumento - Washington Times - 01/03/2009 - F-22 Raptor imperative

Laurie Nowell - Melbourne Herald Sun - 01/03/2009 - Angus Houston's burden of command

February 2009

News Report - Canberra Times - 28/02/2009 - Calling shots in Defence (recommended)

Paul Daley - Fairfax Digital - 28/02/2009 - Defence versus Parliament: the next great debate

News Report - The Age/AAP - 28/02/2009 - Libs caused Defence infighting: Beazley

Cynthia Banham and Jonathan Pearlman - Sydney Morning Herald - 27/02/2009 - It's war: minister takes aim at defence

Jim Wolf - Reuters - 27/02/2009 - Air Force gives Pentagon new F-22 purchase plan

Jim Wolf - Reuters - 27/02/2009 - U.S. pairs B-2 bombers, F-22s in Guam for first time

Richard Burnett - Orlando Sentinel - 27/02/2009 - Fight intensifies over Lockheed's F-22

Bryan Bender - Boston Globe - 22/02/2009 - Harvard professor named to Pentagon post

Michael Hoffman - Air Force Times - 22/02/2009 - Schwartz takes up fight for more Raptors

Editorial - DeDefesa - 21/02/2009 - And the JSF-bullshit

Eric Talmadge - Air Force Times - 21/02/2009 - Raptor at center of budget wars

Michael Hoffman - Air Force Times - 20/02/2009 - Schwartz public appearances become more common

Bill Sweetman - Defence Technology International - Feb 2009 - Fighters In The Long War [12.6 MB PDF] - posted with permission.

Robert Gottliebsen - Business Spectator - 20/02/2009 - A danger to defence

News Report - RIA Novosti - 19/02/2009 - Sukhoi confirms Su-35 deliveries to Russian Air Force in 2011

Dr Dennis Jensen, MP - defence.professionals GmbH - 18/02/2009 - Production of the Raptor must continue

Richard Weitz - World Politics Review - 17/02/2009 - Global Insights: Trouble Ahead for Russia's Defense Industry

Steve Liewer - Union Tribune - 17/02/2009 - China's military rebirth prompts U.S. response

Patrick Walters - The Australian - 17/02/2009 - Three-star shake-up at Defence

Rebecca Grant - Air Force Magazine - February 2009 - The Murky Future of Stealth (recommended)

Yaakov Katz - Jerusalem Post - 15/02/2009 - US refusing to let Israeli systems into F-35

News Report - FARS News Agency - 15/02/2009 - Iran, Russia to Boost Defense Cooperation

Dan Chapman - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 15/02/2009 - Lockheed Martin union chief lobbies for continuing F-22 program

Henry Meyer - Bloomberg.com - 14/02/2009 - Iran Is Helping Taliban in Afghanistan, Petraeus Says

Patrick Walters - The Australian - 14/02/2009 - Serious failures in $3.8bn early warning system

News Report - domain-B.com - 14/02/2009 - AeroIndia 2009: Chinese J-11B a copy of the Su-27SK, say Russian officials

Jeff Stennett - The Baltimore Sun - 11/02/2009 - High-tech projects provide real stimulus

Mark Bowden - The Atlantic - March 2009 - The Last Ace

Julian E. Barnes - Los Angeles Times - 11/02/2009 - Lockheed lobbies for F-22 production on job grounds

Julian E. Barnes - Los Angeles Times (via USAF Aimpoints) - 11/02/2009 - Lockheed Cites Jobs In Pushing For F-22

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 10/02/2009 - Gates says no decisions yet on F-22, other weapons

Eric Heming - Nordens Nyheter - 09/02/2009 - Two Hundred Fighter Questions to Dutch Parliament

Commentary - In From The Cold Blog (via USAF Aimpoints) - 09/02/2009 - Better Than Expected

John T. Bennett - Defense News (via USAF Aimpoints) - 09/02/2009 - Lockheed Mounts 11th-Hour F-22 Push

Tom Donnelly and Gary Schmitt - Washington Post - 08/02/2009 - Here's How to Make a Real Stimulus Take Flight

David A. Fulghum - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 08/02/2009 - F-22 Design Shows More Than Expected

Yaakov Katz - Jerusalem Post - 07-08/02/2009 - Sky-high price of US fighter jet endangers Israeli purchase

Kosuke Takahashi - Asia Times Online - 05/02/2009 - Japan frets over the US's F-22s

Christina Mackenzie - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 05/02/2009 - Inhofe: "Sukhois better than our F15s and 16s"

David A. Fulghum - Aviation Week & Space Technology - 04/02/2009 - F-22 Raptor To Make Paris Air Show Debut

News Report - defence.professionals GmbH - 04/02/2009 - Netherlands Court of Audit finds financial risks in the JSF programme

News Report - The Associated Press - 04/02/2009 - Lockheed says F-22 means jobs

News Report - NEWSru.com - 04/02/2009 - Experts: America is losing air superiority to Russian air defence systems

News Report - Lenta.ru Weapons - 04/02/2009 - Analysts have recognized the superiority of the Russian Air Defence Systems over American aircraft

Chalmers Johnson - Asia Times Online - 04/02/09 - Crisis looms at the Pentagon

Noah Shachtman - Danger Room / Wired - 03/02/09 - Stealth Jet Gets Online Push, as a Jobs Program (Preserve Raptor Jobs Now)

Roxana Tiron - The Hill - 03/02/09 - Air Force neglects domestic mission, faces shortfall of fighters, GAO finds

William Pfaff - Truthdig - 03/02/09 - America’s ‘Strong Commitment to Error’

David Axe - Wired Blog - 03/02/09 - In 2014, the F-35 Might Cost More than the F-22

Steve Cobble - Hawaii Reporter - 03/02/2009 - F-35 Program: Forcing American Taxpayers Will Take a Bath for a Fighter Plane That Our Military Does Not Need

Stephen Trimble - The DEW Line / Flight International - 03/02/2009 - DefPro commentary: The collapse of American air power

John Halldale - defence.professionals GmbH - 03/02/2009 - Is American Air Power on the Verge of Collapse?

Andi Hajramurni - The Jakarta Post - 03/02/2009 - RI gets three new Sukhoi, vows to strengthen capacity

Natasha Lee - Stars and Stripes - 03/02/2009 - F-22A Raptors roaming skies over Okinawa

George Cahlink - CongressNow - 02/02/2009 - Stimulating the Economy With the F-22

News Report - The Jakarta Post - 02/02/2009 - Russia hands over three more Sukhoi jets

Chuck Muth - American Daily - 01/02/2009 - Will Obama Repeat Carter’s B-1 Mistake?

January 2009

News Report - Press-TV (Iran) - 31/01/2009 - Iran's Triple-A to shield nuclear facilities

Caleb Howe - AOL News - 30/01/2009 - Condoms Stimulate, Raptors Don't?

Jason Miks - World Politics Review - 30/01/2009 - F-22 Export Ban, Collective Security Test U.S.-Japan Defense Ties

Sergei Balmasov - Pravda.ru - 26/01/2009 - USA to aim its F-22 Raptors against Russia’s S-300 missile systems

News Report - RIA Novosti - 26/01/2009 - Third Su-30 fighter for Indonesia passes flight tests

Craig Hoyle - Flight International - 23/01/2009 - Boeing touts Super Hornet credentials for Danish fighter deal

William Matthews - Defense News - 23/01/2009 - Congressional Pressure Rises To Continue Building F-22 (subscription)

Ilya Kramnik - RIA Novosti - 23/01/2009 - The fifth-generation fighter

News Report - Moscow News - 22/01/2009 - In Brief - Russia’s next-generation warplane scheduled for maiden flight in 2009

News Report - The Times of India - 22/01/2009 - BrahMos to be tested again within a month

Lu Yanan - Xinhua - 21/01/2009 - Russia's deputy PM: new fighter to enter service in 2015

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 20/01/09 - Where the Raptors Roam

William Matthews - Air Force Times -19/01/2009 - Reps. ask Obama to keep building F-22

Robert Gottliebsen - Business Spectator - 19/01/2009 - Houston, we have a problem

Sen. Orrin Hatch - Defense News - 19/01/2009 - Investing in the Security of the Skies / Continue Production of the F-22

News Report - Antara (Indonesia) - 17/01/2009 - One Sukhoi jet fighter arrives in Makassar

Senate Letter to President-elect - 16/01/09 - Preserve Raptor Jobs

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 16/01/09 - Mustard Up My Nose

Phillipe Grasset - Dedefensa.org - 14/01/2009 - JSF versus Sweetman, – sous le regard de ROW…

Iftikhar Gilani - Daily Times - 14/01/2009 - Indian Air Force gets Israeli-built AWACS

Josh Rogin - Congressional Quarterly Today (via USAF Aimpoints) - 12/01/2009 - Air Force prepares budget battle for fighter planes

Ravi Sharma - The Hindu - 12/01/2009 - Air Force places order with BEL for Akash missile

David Axe - Wired Blog - 12/01/09 - Do or Die for Joint Strike Fighter 'Monopoly'

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 12/01/09 - JSF- Why All The Fuss?

Lt. Gen. David Deptula, U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR - Defence News - 12/01/2009 - Interview

Graham Warwick - AW&ST (via USAF Aimpoints) - 11/01/2009 - Supersonics Remain Long-Range Strike Option

News Report - Domain B Aviation and Aerospace - 10/01/2009 - IAF Sukhoi-30MKI jets in Russia for BrahMos aerial version retrofit programme

Dr Dennis Jensen, MP - Media Release - 09/01/2009 - DEFENCE BOSS CHALLENGED TO DEBATE ON FLAWED FIGHTER JETS

Dr Dennis Jensen, MP - Media Release - 09/01/2009 - REPLY TO DMO ON JSF CRITICISM

Reuben F. Johnson - Weekly Standard - 09/01/2009 - Just Like US(AF)? Russia's fifth generation fighter.

Giovanni de Briganti - defense-aerospace.com - 08/01/2009 - Assessing Joint Strike Fighter Defence Penetration Capabilities (Abstract)

Greg Grant - DoD Buzz Online Defense and Acquisition Journal - 08/01/2009 - JSF Not Very Stealthy: Air Power Australia Says

Dr Carlo Kopp - defence.professionals GmbH - 08/01/2009 - Defence Insights: “Sukhois versus Baby Seals”

Ian Bruce - The Herald - 08/01/09 - Spiralling costs threaten British Army's US fighter jet order

Dr Dennis Jensen, MP - Australian Financial Review - 07/01/09 - Pricey stealth fighter not up to scratch

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 07/01/09 - Lockheed urges quick decision on F-22 fighter

Louis Hansen - The Virginian-Pilot - 07/01/09 - A dozen Raptor fighter jets deploy to Japan from Langley

OpEd - The Marietta Daily Journal - 07/01/09 - Nation needs F-22 Raptors to be built

Jon Grevatt and Craig Caffrey - Jane's Information Group - 07/01/09 - Japanese MoD maintains plan to pursue F-22

David Axe - Wired Blog - 07/01/09 - $337 Billion Stealth Jet Not So Stealthy: Report

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 07/01/09 - JSF News 2 - Stealth Questions Raised

Bill Sweetman - Ares: A Defense Technology Blog - 07/01/09 - JSF News 1 - No STOVL Until June

Carlo Kopp - APA Analysis - 07/01/09 - Assessing Joint Strike Fighter Defence Penetration Capabilities

Loren B. Thompson - United Press International - 06/01/2009 - F-22 provides credible deterrent for U.S.

Eric Torbenson - The Dallas Morning News - 06/01/2009 - Lockheed Martin makes a defensive strike for the F-35

Artwork, graphic design, layout and text © 2004 - 2014 Carlo Kopp; Text © 2004 - 2014 Peter Goon; All rights reserved. Recommended browsers. Contact webmaster. Site navigation hints. Current hot topics.

Site Update Status: $Revision: 1.753 $ Site History: Notices and Updates / NLA Pandora Archive

Follow @APA_Updates