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No one likes the idea of reliving the troubled development process that produced it. Here's What You Need to Know: The F-35 has become a victim of its size and expense. Could a rethink of U.S. acquisition policies bring back the heady days of the “Century Series,” a time in which the Air Force could pick and choose between a variety of different fighters specialized in certain tasks? Could such an approach free the Pentagon from the specter of another gigantic, F-35-sized procurement project? An increasing number of people seem to think so, but before we take steps down that road we shoul...

Why The U.S. Air Force Will Never Build Another F-35 The integration of modular components into a usable airframe, especially one that would require stealth, seems extraordinarily difficult. Here's What You Need To Remember: The idea of having a variety of different aircraft rather than putting all of the eggs into one fighter-shaped basket has an intuitive appeal. But before we pine for the days of Super Sabres, Delta Daggers and Starfighters, we should take a clear-eyed look at the problems and shortfalls generated during that period. Could a rethink of U.S. acquisition policies bring back...

White house officials say. growing concern across the administration that north korea is brazenly evadesing sanctions. giving it the cash to continue its weapons program. germany's intelligence chief says north korea got some nuke her weapons technology by using its berlin embassy as a front. >> we determined from there weapons procurement took place in our view with an eye ward the missile program. >> reporter: north korea earned more than $200 million in revenue last year exporting coal and other commodities restricted by sanctions. in southern africa, cnn found evidence of north korea weeks...

We see there is commitment, we have an all volunteer force, we have some challenges but the marine corps will go, and we are going to go fight, we wanted to be a fair fight, we want to be as ready as we can be. jillian: you mentioned modernizing the force, we about things like weapons procurement and technology but an important part of the modernization program is the incorporation of women down to the line units of the institute level. how is that process from your perspective going so far? is it more challenging than you would have expected, less challenging, different? i ask because this is...

They're trying to get long-term benefit from it to move away, move their capacity in the country, move it away from the oil sector into other areas. and certainly you'll get some regional experts that would be a good thing for the long-term stability of the region. obviously weapons procurement on the scale that saudi arabia is doing. given the high animosity with iran also will be a troubling detail. however, these are the deals that are being signed here today. >> and just remind our viewers, live pictures coming from saudi arabia, president trump's first overseas visit, first country he wen...