Andrew Cockburn
Washington Editor at Harper's Magazine
Washington Editor, Harper's Magazine. RTs usually but not always endorsements. See my substack: https://t.co/LQ7Zf09TrZ.
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1 week ago |
alethonews.com | Andrew Cockburn
The fix is in for new Air Force F-47 — and so is the failure By Andrew Cockburn | Responsible Statecraft | April 7, 2025 If and when it finally comes to be written decades from now, an honest history of the F-47 “fighter” recently unveiled by President Trump will doubtless have much to say about the heroic lobbying campaign that garnered the $20 billion development contract for Boeing, the corporation that has become a byword for program disasters (see the KC-46 tanker, the Starliner...
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2 weeks ago |
thespectator.com | Andrew Cockburn
Defense contractors tend, on the whole, to be a pretty faceless crew, indistinguishable in their dark suits and hence little known to the world outside the military-industrial complex. Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, strives to be different, invariably sporting a uniform of Hawaiian shirts, shorts and flip-flops – projecting an iconoclastic image attractive to venture-capital investors, somewhat in the manner of former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried.
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2 weeks ago |
realcleardefense.com | Andrew Cockburn
The Fix Is In for New Air Force F-47 — and So Is the Failure
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2 weeks ago |
responsiblestatecraft.org | Andrew Cockburn
If and when it finally comes to be written decades from now, an honest history of the F-47 “fighter” recently unveiled by President Trump will doubtless have much to say about the heroic lobbying campaign that garnered the $20 billion development contract for Boeing, the corporation that has become a byword for program disasters (see the KC-46 tanker, the Starliner spacecraft, the 737 MAX airliner, not to mention the T-7 trainer.) Boeing, which is due to face trial in June on well-merited...
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Andrew Cockburn
1 day ago Flight attendants on deportation planes say disaster 'only a matter of time' By McKenzie Funk for ProPublica The deportation flight was in the air over Mexico when chaos erupted in the back of the plane, the flight attendant … 16 hours ago The Air Force Has An Iran Problem It Is Embarrassed to Admit Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force has the capability to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, notably using stealth bombers armed with … 14 hours ago Why Are Airplanes With Four...
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So I helped end F-22 production! Wow, I never knew.
The only failures out there are the A-12 naval attack plane that wasn’t built & the F-22 that is great but was cut short in production because of people like @andrewmcockburn F-35,while late & far from perfect,is nonetheless air-supreme,built in sufficient numbers to deter foes.
RT @RStatecraft: .@andrewmcockburn : succeeding chapters of the F-47’s history will likely have galloping cost overruns, unfulfilled techno…
They’re lying about not closing Social Security field offices https://t.co/rZboRjd7r4 via @GovExec
