IntenseDebate - Mike Burleson

13 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Dems Face Doom in House · 0 replies · +7 points

Even if they take both Houses, it won't matter. The deficit will trump all future plans, including defense.

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - Independent QDR Panel ... · 0 replies · +2 points

I read it half way through, then gave up reading the Base Force proposals. Waste of my time.

13 years ago @ DoD Buzz - How To Shrink Fighter Gap · 0 replies · 0 points

Sadly, decreasing the very expensive carrier force isn't one of the options.

13 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Oil Spill: Where is th... · 0 replies · +1 points

Got SystAdmin? These repeat crises is killing us and we aren't getting better at it.

13 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Rail Gun Pumps Rounds ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Greg, this sounds like another expensive answer to a low tech threat. can anyone say NLOS-LS?

13 years ago @ WAVY.com - Gates\' Navy comments ... · 0 replies · 0 points

Gates doesn't want to decrease the fleet. As he pointed out, when you only buy multibllion-dollar warships, then you can expect more shrinkages. The ships cost are increasing faster than the budget can keep up. The navy must lives within its means, and stop building Aegis destroyers and billion-dollar amphibious ships, that are then used to fight the threadbare pirates of Somalia, or face speedboat navies like Iran. Neither can we afford aircraft carriers which get harder and harder to fill with expensive aircraft carriers, since no one else has these anyway. Build as you fight!

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