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...their version of the Joint Strike Fighter, which would be be produced for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Defense analysts said the United States is spending too much money on the three programs when major portions of the fleet -- U-2...
...military's needs. Rumsfeld plans to have his review conducted by Andrew W. Marshall, an iconoclastic in-house defense analyst, who has been teaching reformist doctrine within the Pentagon since the Nixon administration. Marshall in the past...
...reassessment of the program shortly after the latest Osprey crash, which occurred Dec. 11 and killed four Marines. Defense analysts said that the program appears increasingly vulnerable. Attention has focused on two issues: whether the plane is...
...opinions up front and involves them in discussions so they're not blindsided by decisions, said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at Lexington Institute, a research group in Arlington, Va. "He's snubbed all of them. He's managed to exclude...
...skirmishes rather than set battles with heavy equipment, defense analysts said. Taking cues from the Internet, the system...Army's ability to fight," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Arlington, Va.-based Lexington Institute...
...wireless Internet access. "This has the potential to greatly enhance the Army's ability to fight," said one defense analyst. Then again ... E-mail from: Sgt. Bill Koe To: B Company troops Subject: Attack enemy position NOW! Operation...
...support from Republicans and some Democrats. The $18.4 billion add-on is somewhat less than what lawmakers and defense analysts had generally expected. "We've got a lot of catching up to do," said Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., a senior...
...you've got a guy who brings to the table three rather obviously attractive characteristics," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute. "He already understands the job of being a joint commander. He's not wedded to a...
...bomblet with a rock could be enough to detonate it. "It depends on what they land on," explained Caleb Rossiter, defense analyst for the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. "These bomblets are light like Coke cans and so at the last minute...
...anyway because the two countries are so close. It might be "a step in the right direction," said John Pike, a defense analyst in Washington. But, "there are a lot of very important problems _ both between the United States and Russia and...