This statement on the budget by Secretary Gates.
I’ve only had a chance to quickly peruse it-but I think he’s made some of the right calls on first glance.
F-22 -How many yachts are enought Gordon?
DDG-1000? Right call there.
VH-71? Did it to itself.
Missile defense? No comment for a whole bunch of reasons. It looks though like the program dodged a much bigger cut though.
Ordering the Navy and Air Force to stop end strength cuts-Two thumbs way up.
C-17? Mixed feelings on that. He’s probably right-IF the USAF would change its stupid rules. And stop charging the other services for airlift.
FCS? Don’t know enough about it.
More Arleigh Burkes-two thumbs way up for that.
More UAV’s-definitely needed.
Of course the problem will be the whining from the military industrial complex-you remember, that thing Eisenhower warned us about but we did not listen.
Let the whining begin.