Tag archive for ‘Conflicts’
Return of Pirates: It’s time to enforce our blue water powers…
While they are not flying the “Jolly Roger,” Somali pirates have been raiding ships along the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, stealing their cargo, ransoming crews, and attacking merchant shipping. Things have gotten so bad, merchant shipping in this region is almost grinding to a halt.Somali pirates struck again this week by seizing an Iranian cargo ship holding 30,000 tonnes of grain, as the world’s governments and navies pronounced themselves powerless against this new threat to global trade.
GAO upholds Boeing’s objection to Air Force Tanker award to Northrup
About an hour ago, the Government Accounting Office upheld an objection by Boeing to the Air Force award of their air tanker refueling program to Northrup-Grumman. This ruling is yet the latest round in a battle that has raged in Washington for quite some time now over who will get to built America’s next air [...]
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