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Is the Air Force heading back to paralysis by analysis in weapons choice?

March 22, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall quoted in a recent Space News article, speaking about problems in current acquisition: “Overall, we start more […]

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Yes, America’s military budget process is terrible

October 24, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Central planning did not work any better in the Pentagon than it did in the Soviet bloc. Not that we were not warned. The problem […]

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US policymakers must avoid the same mistakes with China that they did with the Soviets

September 7, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

US policy makers tend to have this view of Chinese technology policy as being long-range, strategic, and top-down. We know that the most successful parts […]

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