The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) successfully launches its second Tomahawk missile during weapons testing. Sterett is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Tomahawk missile testing in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (US Navy photo)
Obama To Kill Navy’s Tomahawk, Hellfire Missile Programs In Budget Decimation -- Washington Times/Washington Free Beacon
President Barack Obama is seeking to abolish two highly successful missile programs that experts say have 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.
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More News On The Pentagon Canceling The U.S. Navy's Hellfire And Tomahawk Missile Programs (Updated)
The Military Wants To Phase Out Tomahawk And Hellfire Missile Programs -- Business Insider
Obama to Cut Tomahawk Missiles 10 Years Before Replacement Ready -- Newsmax
Obama Moves to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missiles -- PJ Media
Obama seeks to weaken Navy, kill Tomahawk, Hellfire missiles -- Examiner
Tomahawk missile chopped -- Legal Insurrection
Obama to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missile Programs - Cornerstone Of U.S. Naval Power -- FOX News
Administration to cancel Hellfire and Tomahawk missile programs -- Lee DeCovnick, American Thinker
My Comment: I am surprised that the major defense/military websites are not covering this story. Why .... I do not know.
1 comment:
No one told you? The F35 will be replacing the Tomahawk. The latest LCS module just launches kamikazee lightning II's because that's as far as the mission programming will ever get.
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