https://www.scmp.com/rss/323859/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com US President-elect Donald Trump is already starting to make his mark on national security and defence. First, he nit-picked over the costs of building a new fleet of Air Force One planes and called for “greatly” building up the US nuclear arsenal. More recently, he has complained that Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) costs too much, instead requesting that Boeing, manufacturer of the rival F/A-18 fighter, “price out” a “comparable” fighter, based on the F/A-18. The F/A-18 is a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2060938/why-trumps-tweets-us-arms-industry-are-pure-theatre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2060938/why-trumps-tweets-us-arms-industry-are-pure-theatre?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:30:45 +0000