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Originally Posted by magicstix
*Yawn* What's NYT's source on this? I fail to see how they could make a comment as to the effectiveness of a highly classified sensor system.
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Yawn indeed - it is not the New York Times but the Navy Times, and it did not comment on the SPY-1 as if it had examined it itselves, but it reported the findings of a panel that did an eximination and that consited of these peoples, your "sources" :
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The panel was convened last September by Adm. John Harvey, head of Fleet Forces Command. The seven-member panel, which was chaired by retired Vice Adm. Phillip Balisle and included two serving admirals, produced a comprehensive indictment of Navy decision-making since the late 1990s.
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Reading the article in full and more carefully helps!
The panel must have done it'S examination before September 2009, obviously - the Navy Times published the article in summer 2010.