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DoD Buzz newsletter for the Week of May 21 2012

In this issue:

* CSAF, CNO Attempt to Demystify Air-Sea
* Not Your Grandfather's B-52
* Gridlock
* Gridlock, Cont'd
* Citing Carrier Mod Costs, UK Switches Back to F-35B
* Defense Advocates' Last Hope: The Sequestration Road Show
* WH Shrugs on Timetable for Reopened Pak Supply Routes
* Afghan Transition Continues, But How Well is it Working?

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CSAF, CNO Attempt to Demystify Air-Sea

Air-Sea Battle, the service chiefs said, is about
inter-service interoperability and exploring new
ways to achieve old effects. In practical terms,
that means the Navy and Air Force need new,
common data links, and it means they shouldn't
pursue similar weapons or platforms.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/16/csaf-cno-attempt-to-demystify-air-sea-battle/

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Not Your Grandfather's B-52

The Air Force wants its B-52s to keep flying
until 2040, but the airplanes of that era won't
look like the ones we all remember from "Dr.
Strangelove" -- or even the bombers flying today.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/15/not-your-grandfathers-b-52/

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Gridlock

Like a novice driver ruining a manual
transmission, Washington ground its gears to
pieces, almost guaranteeing no real action on
the major questions of the day until at least
after the elections.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/10/gridlock/

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Gridlock, Cont'd

The White House threatened to veto the defense
authorization bill that the House Armed Services
Committee passed last week, reeling out an
eight-page list of objections to what
Republicans had proposed.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/15/gridlock-contd/

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Citing Carrier Mod Costs, UK Switches Back to F-35B

Britain's defence secretary said the U.K. is
switching back to its onetime plan to buy the
F-35B Lightning II. This will save the cost of
modifying its new aircraft carriers with
catapults and arresting wires to handle the
naval version of Lockheed Martin's super-jet.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/10/citing-carrier-mod-costs-uk-switches-back-to-f-35b/

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Defense Advocates' Last Hope: The Sequestration Road Show

Nearly everyone in the
military-industrial-congressional complex
concurs that this January's automatic,
across-the-board budget restrictions are
terrible.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/14/defense-advocates-last-hope-the-sequestration-road-show/

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WH Shrugs on Timetable for Reopened Pak Supply Routes

President Obama made a splash with his
announcement that almost everything is locked in
for the withdrawal of American combat troops
from Afghanistan, but how is the Army actually
going to get a decade's worth of stuff home?

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/11/wh-shrugs-on-timetable-for-reopened-pak-supply-routes/

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Afghan Transition Continues, But How Well is it Working?

The war in Afghanistan appears to be going well,
the Pentagon said, but don't look too closely
and don't ask too many questions.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/14/afghan-transition-continues-but-how-well-is-it-working/