Current Events in the Americas

A three part series from Time magazine's Battleland blog If more money buys a smaller fleet what will less money buy? More than the Navy's numbers could be sinking Is the fleet steaming forward or backward?

Lockheed working on new air-to-air hit-to-kill missile (Flight Global)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IuQDqM2M_k&feature=plcp

X-47B UCAS-D conducts first land-based catapult shot (Flight Global)

Venezuelan president's health deteriorates (Jane's)

Nobody has keep an eye in the Venezuelan flag in the Argentine ship embargoed in Ghana ?

US Navy's transition from Prowlers to Growlers proceeding smoothly Good DEW Line blog article on the transition, with photos.

From DefenseNews' Intercepts blog [excerpt]

From Air and Space Power Journal, November-December 2012 issue (pdf)

From AOL Defense [excerpt]

From AOL Defense [excerpt]

From How the North-South divide plays out in three key swing states (Lexington Institute's Early Warning blog) [excerpt] Harpoon is no stranger to North vs South scenarios, however unpleasant such a prospect might be ...

From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] CV32: Flight III will start with John Finn (DDG 113).

US Navy report to Congress outlining the policies and practices for naming Navy vessels (July 13, 2012) Final Ship Naming Report to Congress

From http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120926/DEFREG02/309260005/U-S-Navy-4-Missile-Cruisers-Remain-Service?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE [excerpt]

From http://defense.aol.com/2012/09/26/eye-on-speed-navy-minesweepers-take-cues-from-nascar/ [excerpt]

From http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-navy-to-add-sensor-fusion-to-super-hornet-fleet-376973/ [excerpt] CV32: Seems like with each passing day, the potential advantages offered by the F-35 are being eroded by features being added to the existing fleet of F-15, F-16, F/A-18, etc.

From http://www.janes.com...x?ID=1065971775 [excerpt]

From http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/09/21/4281857/us-army-navy-demonstrate-jlens.html [excerpt] Hat tip to Brains.

From http://defense.aol.com/2012/09/18/boeing-plows-through-kc-46-reserves-funding-sequestration-would/ [excerpt]