Posted on 07/02/2013 3:59:24 PM PDT by Nachum
Deep cuts to the U.S. defense budget have led lawmakers to consider slashing funds for a key military program that was nearing completion, effectively rendering it useless in the near term after years of multi-billion-dollar development.
While the Pentagon has invested billions into many cutting edge defense systems over the years, several of them are now seeing their budgets slashed as Congress grapples with the fallout from massive defense cuts known as sequestration.
While the funding cuts are believed to be a way for the Pentagon to cut corners in a tough budgetary environment, insiders warned that programs are being gutted just before they were meant to be deployed to critical regions.
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Sequestration = Castration
Penny wise and pound foolish. Very foolish.
But why would we need a missile defense program? I mean, Obama is President and everybody loves us, right? /s
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