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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: Obama admin. announces proposed defense budget |
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It looks to me as if there is a lot to like in it.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/gates.budget.cuts/index.html
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Three key priorities are reflected in the changes, Gates said.
The priorities are a stronger institutional commitment to the military's all-volunteer force, a decision to "rebalance" defense programs to better fight current and future conflicts, and "fundamental overhauls" of the military's procurement, acquisition and contracting process.
Among other things, Gates called for production of the Air Force's most expensive fighter, the F-22 Raptor, to be phased out by fiscal year 2011. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Gates' new budget has one heavy-hitting endorsement already.
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"[The budget] is a major step in the right direction."
"It has long been necessary to shift spending away from weapon systems plagued by scheduling and cost overruns to ones that strike the correct balance between the needs of our deployed forces and the requirements for meeting the emerging threats of tomorrow,"
"I believe Secretary Gates' decision is key to ensuring that the defense establishment closes the gap between the way it supports current operations and the way it prepares for future conventional threats." |
But I'll note there's no overall cut in spending. Its about the same as last year's, hovering just above $650 billion. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| But the F-22 Raptor is so badass. How are we going to fight off aliens ala Independence Day without cutting edge Military technology? |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| But the F-22 Raptor is so badass. How are we going to fight off aliens ala Independence Day without cutting edge Military technology? |
The days of fighter jets will come to an end. Once energy weapons (lasers) come on line, anti aircraft batteries will be able to shoot down anything. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| Gates' new budget has one heavy-hitting endorsement already... |
R. Gates seems to represent a good marriage between the B. Obama and the H.W. Bush administrations. Hard to see any turbulence at all in anything he proposes and the President approves. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Beej wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| But the F-22 Raptor is so badass. How are we going to fight off aliens ala Independence Day without cutting edge Military technology? |
The days of fighter jets will come to an end. Once energy weapons (lasers) come on line, anti aircraft batteries will be able to shoot down anything. |
This one could use a healthy Buahahahah evil laugh. 
There.
But something will be needed to neutralize those pesky anti-aircraft batteries.  |
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