Rapid Fire July 26, 2012 – CBO to DoN: Get Real

Rapid Fire July 26, 2012 – CBO to DoN: Get Real

Spending above the waterline The CBO(Congressional Budget Office) analyzed [PDF] the latest long-term shipbuilding plans of the US Navy and thinks that despite lowering the number of ships they intend to procure, the DoN is significantly underestimating how much their...
Rapid Fire July 26, 2012 – CBO to DoN: Get Real

Rapid Fire July 25, 2012: South China Sea Scenarios

Punching above its weight The 656-ton Singaporean mini-corvette RSS Victory successfully fires a Barak-1 anti-aircraft missile during joint exercises with the USN in the South China Sea. It’s hardly the 1st time, and the inconvenient truth its that these ships...