Colin Clark is Editor of DoDBuzz (www.dodbuzz.com) and wrote two neat stories about the Pentagon's acquisition of more F-22s and then the problems the F-22 has run into. Turns out that there are various factions at work here - one crowd wanting more F-22s and another pushing for the F-35s. The interplay between Congress and the Pentagon procurement team is not going too well.

This leads on to some talk about the F-35. Recently the Norwegians selected the F-35 over the Gripen - despite strong talk from Sweden about offsets. But at this stage nobody really knows what an F-35 will cost. Because the USA cannot offer offsets, the price is up in the air - so to speak.

Colin then gives a brief comment on India's pending fighter procurement.