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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Ministerial undersight of JSF falls to new low while its US critic Bill Sweetman is silenced

The silencing of JSF critic Bill Sweetman by Aviation Week in the US will not change the crisis that has overtaken the Joint Strike Fighter project but it will leave those who rely on the journal less well prepared for the serious and costly remedies which are going to be required to preserve American air defence superiority.

Fortunately there is little risk it will leave the US as badly informed about the situation as Australians who rely on the general media to do who do anything more than publish the misinformation that Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Materiel served up at the JSF Advanced Technology and Innovation Conference in Melbourne last Monday, May 3.

Defence analyst Eric Palmer has provided Plane Talking with a copy of the speech…which is a shocker…and some detailed notes which have been invaluable in preparing this report.

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