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Special Report: China's military hawks take the offensive (Reuters) Chinese Generals Call For War With Just About Everyone (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

India Mulls Big Jump in French Rafale Order (DefenseNews)

Swedish government approves 60-aircraft Gripen E programme (Flight Global) Sweden To Order 60 Gripen Fighter Jets (DefenseNews)

Syria Dropped Hallucinogen Weapon on Rebels, Secret Cable Says (Wired, Danger Room blog)

This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe (Wired, Danger Room blog)

Secret State Department cable: Chemical weapons used in Syria (Foreign Policy, The Cable blog)

The "List" is infamous. As Ralf stated, no need to promulgate it here.

Navy’s $670 Million Fighting Ship Is ‘Not Expected to Be Survivable,’ Pentagon Says (Wired, Danger Room blog)

Heh, me too. And this kind of stuff makes me want to dust off that work in progress ...

Favourable reports that aren't LockMart brochures,or come from its own paid consultants, are pretty hard to come by. The pro F-35 lobby will no doubt claim that despite all its shortcomings, the F-35 is still better than any alternative choice, performance wise, but then we must consider cost (both acquisition, maintenance costs, and cost to fly) and the fact that most alternatives are available now, rather than 2019 or later.

quoted for truth ...

Gunny, I took a look at the contents of your zip file uploaded 13 January. All of the component files contained in that zip are dated 24 November 2012 or earlier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSuCLKRnt9Q

Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar (Flight Global)

Report: Lightning a Threat to JSF; Cutting Weight Erodes Safety (DefenseNews)

Great stuff (especially from a Harpoon DB perspective) on the Royal Navy's planned Type 26 frigate: Q&A with BAE Systems on Type 26 Frigate Design Update at Euronaval 2012 (Navy Recognition) Type 26 changes again (UK Armed Forces Commentary blog) Type 26 Frigate - Global Combat Ship (Navy Recognition)

Welcome back, search box! We missed you.

How they tackled the tanking problem was especially interesting. A diminishing returns issue of sorts. If you try to fly Vulcans out of Ascension in HCE, you will quickly see an illustration of what they faced.

U.S. LCS Counts Down to Major Deployment (DefenseNews) Including a pic of the intended paint scheme for the deployment.

China's Soar Dragon UAV reappears (DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

Lockheed’s F-35 Falls Short of Testing Goals in 2012 (Bloomberg)

Pentagon Report Cites 'Lack Of Maturity' Of Lockheed F-35 (Aviation Week/Reuters) DOT&E FY 12 annual report (pdf)

France details combat intervention in Mali (Flight Global)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYHAEVloRQ