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Posted on 03/25/2014 12:21:16 PM PDT by Red Steel
President Barack Obama is proposing drastically cutting, and then eliminating, two missile programs pivotal to U.S. security, The Washington Free Beacon reported.
The Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles are on the chopping block, according to Obama's budget proposal, which will cut by $128 million the Tactical Tomahawk in 2015 and eliminate it completely after that. ...
It's a major turnabout from last year, when the Navy planned to buy 980 Tactical Tomahawks, the primary cruise missile in use throughout the fleet, according to Defense News. In 2015, the Navy would buy just 100 Tomahawks, the last the branch would purchase. The United States used some 220 Tomahawks in the fight with Libya, according to the Free Beacon.
The Pentagon currently does not have a replacement missile for the Tomahawk and with the United States using approximately 100 Tomahawks annually, the supply will be empty by around 2018, the Free Beacon reports. ...
"It doesn't make sense," Seth Cropsey, director of the Hudson Institute's Center for American Seapower, told the Free Beacon.
He characterized the cuts as "breathtaking" and are "like running a white flag up on a very tall flagpole and saying, 'We are ready to be walked on,'" he said. ...
Hellfire air-to-surface missiles will be nixed in 2015, according to Obama's proposal. The Free Beacon reported that the Tomahawk cuts are shifting money from acquiring the missiles and instead investing in "an experimental missile program that experts say will not be battle-ready for at least 10 years."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
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Which would place a legitimate target onto his back, if such were the case.
Make my day...
Unilateral disarmament, part of his "greater flexibility" for his comrade, Vlad Putin.
INSANITY
And add the deep(er) cuts to the already gutted Army
Most of the brigades that are being cut are from the National Guard, and is anyone willing to guess as to which states will take the brunt of that hit?
I’m sure the remaining supply is enough for the remainder of his term, which is all he cares about.
Reminds me of what Zell Miller said about Kerry on how we fight if we lose our weopanry
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/zellmiller2004rnc.htm
We all know how Obama thinks. He's entertaining his fantasies so he cuts perceived threats.
What a fairy. He’d probably relieve himself in his pants if he was ever out on patrol with some Army guys. All he’s interested in doing is opening the door of the fort to let the bad guys in, and making sure we have absolutely no ability to fire back.
Wow, good thing we didn’t elect Romney.
FUBO, ESAD.
The Enemy Within... Maybe the John Birch Society had some things right.
I often said that if I could magically transport over to the Ukraine crates of M1 Garands and Carbines, Bazookas and 5000 Sherman Jumbo and Easy 8 tanks to help them throw off the Russians, I would. However, I might need to rethink that, we might need them. B-P
YES!!! I believe that this is exactly what he was referring to when the hot mic picked up his treasonous words!
IMPEACH!
CONVICT!
IMPRISON!
Who needs missiles, when you’ve got Obama?
If Obama was a patriot of our great nation this would be insanity. He is not a patriot and perfectly logical as he wants to harm our nation.
If you look at his time in office it would seem to be inexplicable the actions he takes. If he is a Marxist all of his actions are perfectly logical and evil.
Congress writes the f’in budget and Ozero os a lame duck.
Congress...aka the House....needs to unscrew this pooch.
Great post that is the story the only thing we don’t know 100% is all the players behind him who load the prompter for him.
It ONLY doesn't make sense' IF you want your country to be strong and able to defend against an enemy. If you want you're country weak - it MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
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