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après l’avertissement des 614m$ de bonus retiré, Gates passe à la manière forte avec Lockheed:

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=58317

le contrat JSF devrait passer sous un mode de prix fixe et non plus de cost-plus. Si cela se fait (et on peut faire confiance à lockheed pour résister) ca nous promet des larmes de crocodiles dans quelques années pour avoir une rallonge, style airbus avec son A400M.

Le gouvernement danois devrait peut-être attendre avant de fixer son choix !

104 Hornet cloués au sol suite à la détection de fissures.

Sur NavyTimes [en] : http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/03/navy_hornets_grounding_031210w/

Sur Ria-Novosti [fr] : http://fr.rian.ru/defense/20100313/186239614.html

This classified CIA analysis from March, outlines possible PR-strategies to shore up public support in Germany and France for a continued war in Afghanistan. After the Dutch government fell on the issue of dutch troops in Afgha nistan last month, the CIA became worried that similar events could happen in the countries that post the third and fourth largest troop contingents to the ISAF-mission. The proposed PR strategies focus on pressure points that have been identified within these countries. For France it is the sympathy of the public for Afghan refugees and women. For Germany it is the fear of the consequences of defeat (drugs, more refugees, terrorism) as well as for Germany’s standing in the NATO. The memo is an recipe for the targeted manipulation of public opinion in two NATO ally countries, written by the CIA. It is classified as Confidential / No Foreign Nationals.

http://wikileaks.org/#cia-afghanistan

“Public Apathy Enables Leaders To Ignore Voters. . . (C//NF)
The Afghanistan mission’s low public salience has allowed French and German leaders to
disregard popular opposition and steadily increase their troop contributions to the
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Berlin and Paris currently maintain the third
and fourth highest ISAF troop levels, despite the opposition of 80 percent of German and
French respondents to increased ISAF deployments, according to INR polling in fall 2009.”

“If some forecasts of a bloody summer in Afghanistan come to pass, passive French and
German dislike of their troop presence could turn into active and politically potent hostility.
The tone of previous debate suggests that a spike in French or German casualties or in
Afghan civilian casualties could become a tipping point in converting passive opposition
into active calls for immediate withdrawal. (C//NF)”