Changing, yes--but fast enough? The Pentagon.(the JSF decision)(Brief Article)
Economist (US), The, November, 2001
Clever, but not transformational
The world's biggest defence contract shows the old guard is still in control
THE terrorist attacks of September 11th are supposed to have altered profoundly the way in which American politicians look at the world. But has there been a big enough change in the world view of the Pentagon's planners and paymasters? Not yet, say the advocates of a radical reform of the armed forces--and this week's order of a vast number of Joint Strike Fighters seems to back them up.
The reformers are more certain than ever that methods of fighting have to change. Ralph Peters, a retired special-forces colonel and writer on military affairs, believes the armed forces face "the most dramatic decade of global change since the...
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