Wednesday -- Fire for Effect

Published December 03, 2008

Hey no kidding -- take the fight to the pirates
The Navy's holiday wish list
Did they give up on the Raptor? Royal Aussie Air Force wants 100 F-35s
Uh oh -- Iran tests fires solid prop IRBM
Better late than never -- British Vikings get upgraded armor

Photo of the day: B-52 soars over the Pacific (courtesy DoD)
--John Noonan

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