S-80: A Sub, for Spain, to Sail Out on the Main

S-80: A Sub, for Spain, to Sail Out on the Main

S-80 cutaway, labeled(click to view full) The CIM-2000 Scorpene class diesel-electric attack submarine partnership was just the first step for Spain’s Navantia, as it joined with France’s DCNS to enter the global submarine market. Now Navantia is building...
S-80: A Sub, for Spain, to Sail Out on the Main

Australia Chooses JASSM Missiles on F-18s for Long-Range Strike

F/A-18 with test JASSMs(click to view full) In March 2005, Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (or JASSM) cruise missile won the competition with Boeing’s SLAM-ER and the Taurus KEPD 350 for the AIR 5418 Follow-on Standoff...
S-80: A Sub, for Spain, to Sail Out on the Main

President Obama Announces Troop Sizes for Phased Afghan Withdrawal

* President Obama announced the US would leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan in 2015, then cut than number by half the next year. * US Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO, SAC-D member) sums up the Republican reaction: “If we are going to leave forces in Afghanistan, we...