The U.S. Does Not Have The Money To Replace It's ICBMs, Bombers, And Subs

Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One: Pentagon: We Can’t Afford to Replace Aging ICBMs, Bombers, Subs

Even if sequestration goes away, the Defense Department will need at least $10 billion more per year to modernize its nuclear arsenal, procurement chief says.

The Defense Department cannot afford to replace its aging nuclear-missile submarines, ICBMs, and long-range strategic bombers unless it gets a funding boost or radical policy changes are made, according to a top Pentagon official.

Even if Congress approves the White House’s 2016 budget for the Pentagon, the Pentagon will find itself $10 billion to $12 short beginning in 2021, Frank Kendall, undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, said Tuesday at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space conference.

WNU Editor: There is no extra money .... and if there was, the priority will be to put it elsewhere. If I was in the Pentagon, this is the time to outline  and prepare the "worse-case scenarios".