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  More Details on RQ-170 Crash and Implications of Iran's Recovery

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 5:57 PM on Dec 09, 2011

  I’ll try to answer as many questions as I can that were generated by the previous UAV crash blog post.Washington has been conducting intelligence-gathering over-flights with ... Read More >>

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  Global Strike Command Renews Conventional Capabilities

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 5:47 PM on Jun 23, 2011

  On the first day of the Libyan campaign, two B-2s were able to destroy “44 hardened aircraft shelters and took out almost the whole [of Tripoli’s] air force,” say... Read More >>

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  Spook Central: Stealth Helo HQ?

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 5:42 PM on May 12, 2011

  The idea that a regional airport in southern New York state could have been the site for the development of the stealthy helicopters used in the operation to kill Osama bin Laden m... Read More >>

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  Hold The Tumbrils, People

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 2:22 PM on May 05, 2011

  I now have a couple of emails accusing me of compromising national security by publishing an analysis of a few not-very-clear pictures of the back end of a helicopter. Which is amu... Read More >>

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  A Quick Look At The USAF's New Bomber Requirements

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 7:32 PM on Feb 18, 2011

  The Pentagon’s next bomber will protect itself against enemy aircraft and air- or ground-launched missiles with an electronic attack weapon, probably based on an active, elec... Read More >>

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  Tales From The Crypt

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 3:33 PM on Feb 15, 2011

  The FY2012 budget and surrounding materials point to confirmation of what was first reported here back in 2008: that the USAF's development of a new bomber draws on major classifie... Read More >>

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  There May Be More Stealth Designs Coming From China

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 6:04 PM on Feb 03, 2011

  China’s J-20 stealthy prototype “is at the heavy end of the fighter scale, leaving ample room for medium and light platforms” as follow-on stealth designs to issu... Read More >>

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  The Beast Is Back

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 2:25 PM on Jan 25, 2011

  It's back - more and better images of the Lockheed Martin RQ-170 have emerged on the Secret Projects forum. You need to register to see the rest, but if you're interested in this s... Read More >>

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  J-20's Stealth Signature Poses Interesting Unknowns

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 4:01 PM on Jan 13, 2011

  David Fulghum and Bill Sweetman/Washington Anti-stealth and stealth detection technologies will bring into question all stealth designs, including China’s new J-20. How ... Read More >>

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  One Foggy Day In China - Updated

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 7:30 AM on Dec 25, 2010

  Is China about to give airpower hawks their best Christmas present ever?The internetz are buzzing (start here and here) with a picture that allegedly shows China's next-generation ... Read More >>

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