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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/09/defense-patrick-shanahan-boeing-pentagon-1064203
Shanahan's already managed to attract scrutiny for perceived bias
QuoteIn high-level Pentagon meetings, Shanahan has heavily criticized Lockheed Martin’s handling of the production of the F-35 fighter jet, which is expected to cost more than $1 trillion over the life of the program, according to one of the two sources, a former senior Defense Department official who was present.
Shanahan, this official said, called the plane “f---ed up” and argued that Lockheed — which edged out Boeing to win the competition to build the plane in October 2001 — “doesn’t know how to run a program.”
“If it had gone to Boeing, it would be done much better,” Shanahan said, according to the former official
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As the Pentagon's No. 2, Shanahan repeatedly "dumped" on the F-35 in meetings, calling the program "unsustainable," and slammed Lockheed Martin's CEO, Marillyn Hewson, according to the second source, a former Trump administration official. "'The cost, the out-years, it's just too expensive, we're not gonna be able to sustain it,'" this person said, quoting Shanahan.
KC-46
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Babcock's Rosyth dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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https://www.defensenews.com/newsletters/tv-next-episode/2019/01/07/kc-46-delayed-again/
KC-46 delayed (again), this time due to "turnover at the Pentagon"
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Aussie man yells at spider he's trying to kill, winds up having neighbor call police on him
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https://www.janes.com/article/85348/hungary-orders-leopard-2-mbts-and-pzh-2000-sphs
Hungary is buying 44 2A7s. And 24 PzH 2000s, but that's not the topic of the thread.
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Gatwick Airport has been closed for the second day following somebody flying drones around the runway.
QuoteTens of thousands of plane passengers face a second day of chaos with flights in and out of Gatwick cancelled after two drones were spotted flying over the airfield.
As of 9.45am on Thursday the runway remained closed and all flights were suspended after a Wednesday night of total mayhem sparked by the major security alert.
Twenty police units from two different forces are desperately searching for the suspects who have been flying drones over the airfield since about 9pm on Thursday.
Officers believe it is a "a deliberate act to disrupt the airport" but said "there are absolutely no indications to suggest this is terror related".
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Someone has been flying at least two drones all around Gatwick, forcing the place to shut down
QuoteTens of thousands of plane passengers face a second day of chaos with flights in and out of Gatwick cancelled after two drones were spotted flying over the airfield.
As of 9.45am on Thursday the runway remained closed and all flights were suspended after a Wednesday night of total mayhem sparked by the major security alert.
Twenty police units from two different forces are desperately searching for the suspects who have been flying drones over the airfield since about 9pm on Thursday.
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Vice Admiral Scott Stearney, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, was found dead at his residence
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ANY DAY NOW
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They've taken to calling them "Grandpa Phantom" now
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Inside a Thai Stingray
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HNoMS Helge Ingstad is now mostly underwater.
Where did the tugs go?
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USAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board report on the 2 May 2018 Puerto Rico ANG WC-130 crash
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2 hours ago, Belesarius said:
LSD
Reactor Department.
Uh... problem?
If it's any consolation, the charges relate to sale and distribution, and not use while on duty. Never get high on your own supply.
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14 sailors from the reactor department of the USS Ronald Reagan face disciplinary charges over an LSD ring on board.
Yes, an LSD ring on board a ship named after Reagan.
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The final deployment of the Marine Corps’ last EA-6B squadron is scheduled to end early this month
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https://apnews.com/094178ff98c34dfa89b372c963193757
Two Saudi sisters living in Virginia apply for political asylum in August, disappear, and then were just found dead on the banks of the Hudson River with their bodies taped together.
And because the Saudis don't care about not incriminating themselves anymore, the Embassy urged their mother to return to Saudi Arabia the day before their bodies were discovered, stating that the sisters had applied for asylum.
Bash the F-35 thred.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/09/defense-patrick-shanahan-boeing-pentagon-1064203
Shanahan wants in on the thread title.