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10.12.2009 9:01 pm

In the Defense budget, vampire slayers missed a few

Steve McDonald working on an F/A-18 Super Hornet nose barrel at Boeing-St. Louis in 2003. (Post-Dispatch/Gabriel B. Tait)

Steve McDonald working on an F/A-18 Super Hornet nose barrel at Boeing-St. Louis in 2003. (Post-Dispatch/Gabriel B. Tait)

Sen. John McCain said last week that expensive Pentagon weapons systems “are very much like vampires. You can kill one occasionally, but not…

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07.20.2009 9:01 pm

The F-22 debate: a crisis in microcosm

the F-22 requires 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in flight.

One slight problem: the F-22 requires 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in flight.

Congress this week is engaged in one of those debates that makes you want to throw up your hands in despair over the political process. At…

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02.19.2009 9:00 pm

New Marine vehicle is painted the color of money

Check out these three vehicles.

No. 1 is the Growler, a brand-spanking-new vehicle designed for the U.S. Marine Corps.
It’s a little light on armor (none), which could be a problem in combat. But what the Growler lacks in crew protection, it more than…

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