Far too many of the so-called experts are actually just former perts who forgot to mention the hyphen.
US Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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The pain continues as the business of defense, depends on he business of the small business here in America, we have a crew who seems determined to squeeze every dime, out of every citizen and has declared war on the "wealthy", the affordable care act is a social welfare program that is in the midst of rendering the US economy ungrowable. The vast number of uncounted unemployed continues to grow. When you exhaust your unemployment benefit, your are no longer counted as unemployed- you are deemed to have quit looking, I would conservatively estimate that nearly 100 million Americans will shortly lose their health care, I have lost mine a year ago. If all we lose is the Warthog, we could consider ourselves fortunate, but the list just gets longer. I need not remind anyone on this forum that the US economy has driven economic and developemental growth around the world, combine that with the free fall in Europe and the UK, well lets just say you don't want that "trickling down". So these are difficult days, lots of change, and not much hope.....oh and those who are fortunate enough to be able to afford healthcare and pay their own premiums, have seen those premiums double or triple..... humh??
steve_rolfe
Junior Member
Can any of our North American members here, tell me what is going on with the US defense budget.
I ask, because last year i read numerous reports, that the US defense budget was to be reduced significantly over a 10 year period, to help towards keeping the US debt level managable for the forseable future.
Now, in the case of the US Navy i read reports that there were considerations to decommission 7 'Tico' cruisers, maybe reduce the carrier numbers slightly, cut down on the number of ships in the LCS program, and reduce ship time on seas training.
But.........the reality appears that none of this is to be realised, and that the US Navy is continuing with all its Naval requirements intact.
So, what is going on?.......obviously the US Navy lobbyists in the goverment made there case strongly.
Are, there actually to be any cuts in the US defense?...............and if so, will it now be the USAF or US army that takes the brunt of the cuts?
I wish our defense chiefs here in the UK had such a strong case, in keeping our defense budget upto standards, against our politicians!
I ask, because last year i read numerous reports, that the US defense budget was to be reduced significantly over a 10 year period, to help towards keeping the US debt level managable for the forseable future.
Now, in the case of the US Navy i read reports that there were considerations to decommission 7 'Tico' cruisers, maybe reduce the carrier numbers slightly, cut down on the number of ships in the LCS program, and reduce ship time on seas training.
But.........the reality appears that none of this is to be realised, and that the US Navy is continuing with all its Naval requirements intact.
So, what is going on?.......obviously the US Navy lobbyists in the goverment made there case strongly.
Are, there actually to be any cuts in the US defense?...............and if so, will it now be the USAF or US army that takes the brunt of the cuts?
I wish our defense chiefs here in the UK had such a strong case, in keeping our defense budget upto standards, against our politicians!
Well Steve, the economy here on the great prairie has had its blood supply cut off- BHO's lovely affordable care act has forced small businesses to cut employees hours, large and small businesses are "dying", really, they can't and won't recover, at least 25% but probably more likely 35-40% of working men 25-60 yrs of age are unemployed, many of those who aren't are under employed.
This has had a devastating effect on the US military, which is beginning to bleed red, so not only will the Warthog bite the dust, the JSF buy will likely be cut, my own prediction for the near term (5-10 years out) is that the USN will lose 2-4 capital vessels, maybe more if the economy "tanks", and many service personel will separate from the US military, the federal reserve is attempting to "prop up" the economy by printing money, this in turn erodes the buying power of every entity and individual, the US WILL DEFAULT on our debt, and then we're into the SHTF mode, so buy a case of popcorn, preferably "JIFFY POP" with its own pan, and hope you can find enough wood for a fire, so that you can "sit back" and watch the show.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Not sure where to put this one so.
DTA is a still newbie company in the defense world their main or rather only product is a bolt action bullpup sniper rifle system. The system is a derivitive of the German DSR-Precision GmbH DSR-1 the SRS A1 its found in two caliber envelopes .30 caliber families (.308Nato,.300WM,.338Norma or Lupua) or the larger bolt action anti material caliber class like .408 or .50BMG.
Now I have not seen the exact model requested but knowing the capabilities of the system I think DTA made a good choice, from a image persepective. The Pakistani intelligence service has long been suspected to have links to the Taliban, And the SRS sniper rifle is well suited to the needs of an Insurgency.
A DTA SRS A1 Covert in 7.62x51mm Nato caliber has a 24 inch barrel and a 7 round detachable box can reach out to beyond 800 yards and has a overall length just slightly (less then a Inch) larger then a full size MP5 Submachine gun. with a suppressor it can get to the same size as a M4 Carbine. Larger calibers like .338 Lupua are adding only 2 to 4 inches.
If I was a individual wanting to be able to conceal a full sized sniper rifle so that I could rapidly transition form Urban, Suburban to Rural to mountainous terrains in a covert nature This would be on the top of my list
The Actual maker is named Desert Tactical Arms or DTA for short.
DTA is a still newbie company in the defense world their main or rather only product is a bolt action bullpup sniper rifle system. The system is a derivitive of the German DSR-Precision GmbH DSR-1 the SRS A1 its found in two caliber envelopes .30 caliber families (.308Nato,.300WM,.338Norma or Lupua) or the larger bolt action anti material caliber class like .408 or .50BMG.
Now I have not seen the exact model requested but knowing the capabilities of the system I think DTA made a good choice, from a image persepective. The Pakistani intelligence service has long been suspected to have links to the Taliban, And the SRS sniper rifle is well suited to the needs of an Insurgency.
A DTA SRS A1 Covert in 7.62x51mm Nato caliber has a 24 inch barrel and a 7 round detachable box can reach out to beyond 800 yards and has a overall length just slightly (less then a Inch) larger then a full size MP5 Submachine gun. with a suppressor it can get to the same size as a M4 Carbine. Larger calibers like .338 Lupua are adding only 2 to 4 inches.
If I was a individual wanting to be able to conceal a full sized sniper rifle so that I could rapidly transition form Urban, Suburban to Rural to mountainous terrains in a covert nature This would be on the top of my list
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thunderchief
Senior Member
Certainly better then to directly fly new aircraft to boneyard .
Well, there are different sections to the boneyard.
One secion, where aircraft are in storage awaiting transfer, is where the aircraft are kept in excellent condition and maintained.
That's what was happening to the C-27Js. They were sent there purposely to have them ready for other branches of service. We now have the US Coast Guard getting 12 of them, and as was announced earlier, US Special Operations Command is getting 7. So that is not 19 out of 21 accounted for.