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Obama to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missile Programs Cornerstone of U.S. Naval power eliminated
Free Beacon ^ | 3/24/14 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 03/24/2014 11:23:52 AM PDT by Nachum

President Barack Obama is seeking to abolish two highly successful missile programs that experts say has helped the U.S. Navy maintain military superiority for the past several decades.

The Tomahawk missile program—known as “the world’s most advanced cruise missile”—is set to be cut by $128 million under Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal and completely eliminated by fiscal year 2016, according to budget documents released by the Navy.

In addition to the monetary cuts to the program, the number of actual Tomahawk missiles acquired by the United States would drop significantly—from 196 last year to just 100 in 2015. The number will then drop to zero in 2016.

The Navy will also be forced to cancel its acquisition of the well-regarded and highly effective Hellfire missiles in 2015, according to Obama’s proposal.

The proposed elimination of these missile programs came as a shock to lawmakers and military experts, who warned ending cutting these missiles would significantly erode America’s ability to deter enemy forces.

“The administration’s proposed budget dramatically under-resources our investments in munitions and leaves the Defense Department with dangerous gaps in key areas, like Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles,” said Rep. Randy Forbes (R., Va.), a member of House Armed Services Committee.

“Increasing our investment in munitions and retaining our technological edge in research and development should be a key component of any serious defense strategy,” he said.

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To: Nachum

Please help me here (I only have a public education): How it is that this is not considered treason???


21 posted on 03/24/2014 11:33:56 AM PDT by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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To: Nachum

Well, he’s more...”flexible”...in his second term.


22 posted on 03/24/2014 11:34:09 AM PDT by prisoner6 (FREEDOM)
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To: Aria
"What has he been promised in return for destroying us?"

&2 Mooch-elle's to enjoy for eternity. Wait a minute, that's really the definition of an unthinkable Hell.

23 posted on 03/24/2014 11:34:46 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: prisoner6
Well, he’s more...”flexible”...in his second term.

and unstoppable in his Third....

24 posted on 03/24/2014 11:36:24 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: skeeter

How long before the nation’s self preservation instincts kick in?

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As long as the federal checks and other forms of assistance keep coming few people really care. Their sense of self-entitlement is far greater than any realization of danger to themselves or their families. We are s a nation in serious decline.


25 posted on 03/24/2014 11:36:44 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Nachum

Reminds me of when Clinton ran us completely out of one of the three conventional types of cruise missiles, and down to three of another before Congress forced creation of a dedicated assembly line and purchase. The third type wasn’t used.


27 posted on 03/24/2014 11:38:12 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: cld51860

He wants a crisis. The worse the better for him.

It will justify the extension of his presidency beyond 2016, in the interest of “national stability” of course.


28 posted on 03/24/2014 11:39:11 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Mariner

They probably don’t know what the Tomahawk missile is. They just cut it because it isn’t politically correct. Some liberal thinks that it is insulting to American Indians.


29 posted on 03/24/2014 11:39:26 AM PDT by No Socialist
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To: cld51860
And one... ONE man is accomplishing all of this destruction.

Elections have consequences (sigh).

30 posted on 03/24/2014 11:39:38 AM PDT by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: No Socialist
Some liberal thinks that it is insulting to American Indians

Sadly, your cynicism likely is not far from the truth.

31 posted on 03/24/2014 11:40:20 AM PDT by wbill
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To: dforest

A Muslim Jim Jones on Islamic steroids.


32 posted on 03/24/2014 11:42:52 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: skeeter

good question. Too bad it didn’t kick-in in 2012..


33 posted on 03/24/2014 11:43:32 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: F15Eagle

That’s the explanation which makes the most sense and the one where other evidence points to the same conclusion.


34 posted on 03/24/2014 11:44:41 AM PDT by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)
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To: Mariner

Indeed, with the HAC-D and SAC-D, along with the SASC and HASC still to get their hits in, this is way early to panic.


35 posted on 03/24/2014 11:45:26 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: jda
Please help me here (I only have a public education): How it is that this is not considered treason???

Because the Senate is controlled by the DemocRATs and we don't have the votes.

37 posted on 03/24/2014 11:45:58 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

The report is a half-truth, because it omits how the Tomahawk has a proposed successor, the Cruise Missile XR (Extended Range). The Russians are marketing increasingly effective anti-cruise missile systems, and the Tomahawk was not suitable for striking moving targets. The new Cruise Missile XR (Extended Range) offers stealth capabilities, the ability to strike moving targets, and other improvements challenging the Russian anti-cruise missile systems.

The Hellfire has long been under consideraton for phasing out as proposed replacements were developed and scheduled for appropriations that were subsequently canceled for budgetary reasons. The latest proposed replacement for the Hellfire is the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM).

The retirement of the Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles after long service is to be expected sooner or later, so the real question is whether or not the Obama Administration is going to proved adequate and timely funding for effective replacement missile systems?


38 posted on 03/24/2014 11:46:02 AM PDT by WhiskeyX ( provides a system for registering complaints about unfair broadcasters and the ability to request a)
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To: Mariner

Exactly

When did Congress last pass one of the President’s budgets?

The article is fear mongering.


39 posted on 03/24/2014 11:47:38 AM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: Nachum

The Vietnam era crowd that hates the military, that supported our enemies in Vietnam and since, is now running the Pentagon. Their lies and deceit when they claim to love the military and veterans is bogus from start to finish.


40 posted on 03/24/2014 11:47:38 AM PDT by armydawg505
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