By Alan Caruba
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If it wasn’t so absurd, it would be laughable, but it is also the worst possible time to have automatic budget cuts that would take as much as $500 billion out of the Pentagon’s budget over the next decade if the Super Committee cannot find agreement. Reportedly, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was looking for potential savings in the budget by cutting the Pentagon’s nuclear arsenal!
The state of our military equipment is geriatric and it is dwindling. The F-15 fighter jets that make up half the fleet, have an average age of 25 years! Air force strategic bombers average 34 years of age and refueling aircraft are 47 years old. The Navy has fewer ships today than on 9/11; 284 now compared to 316 in 2001.
Thursday 17 November 2011
Super Committee Suicide
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3 comments:
I'm sure similar sentiments were uttered when the Roman Empire began to contract, too...
Given the self-aggrandizing nitwits in D.C., it's the perfect time to be China.
The good news is that soon there won't be a buck to pass.
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