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Obama to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missile Programs Cornerstone of U.S. Naval power eliminated
Free Beacon ^ | 3/24/14 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 03/24/2014 11:23:52 AM PDT by Nachum

President Barack Obama is seeking to abolish two highly successful missile programs that experts say has 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.

The proposed elimination of these missile programs came as a shock to lawmakers and military experts, who warned ending cutting these missiles would significantly erode America’s ability to deter enemy forces.

“The administration’s proposed budget dramatically under-resources our investments in munitions and leaves the Defense Department with dangerous gaps in key areas, like Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles,” said Rep. Randy Forbes (R., Va.), a member of House Armed Services Committee.

“Increasing our investment in munitions and retaining our technological edge in research and development should be a key component of any serious defense strategy,” he said.

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To: Nachum
Wasn't Obama's budget proposal last year D.O.A. in the Senate, it wasn't even considered for a vote?

Same fate this year, IMHO.

41 posted on 03/24/2014 11:47:51 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Nachum

How can “Obama” just do this unilaterally? Or are all the various military heads on board with it? Can they just say no?

“The proposed elimination of these missile programs came as a shock to lawmakers and military experts, who warned ending cutting these missiles would significantly erode America’s ability to deter enemy forces.”

Why is all of Congress and the entire judiciary just allowed this steaming pile of a fake president to do whatever he wants?


42 posted on 03/24/2014 11:49:35 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Mariner

Agreed. It’s SOP to “cut” programs that everyone knows Congress will restore through additional/supplemental funding.

Same game that was played, for years, with the C-130 and C-17 programs.


43 posted on 03/24/2014 11:49:54 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Starboard

I wonder if Obama was Washington at the battle of Princeton, if he would have survived (the friendly fire that is).


44 posted on 03/24/2014 11:53:57 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Nachum

“Enemies foreign and domestic”. Obama has both bases covered.


45 posted on 03/24/2014 11:53:58 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

That’s okay, we don’t need to defend the country, just let people come on in wherever they’re from, and let’s confiscate privately owned firearms, unless of course the possible owner professes a religion that prohibits anyone’s touching their body.

Thanks Nachum.


46 posted on 03/24/2014 11:59:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Nachum

Time for Zell Miller’s “spitball” speech replay.


47 posted on 03/24/2014 11:59:09 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Screw the farmers. I can get everything I need at the grocery store.)
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To: Nachum

The tug overact and it’s pogroms continue


48 posted on 03/24/2014 12:02:23 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nachum
The Trojan Horse just keeps puking his contents all over US.

Whomever put the bridle and bit on him and set him in front of the gate certainly chose well. He was irresistible.

Perhaps the karma that takes US down will have a little something left for them once it's finished with US.

Here's some fun reading while we wait:

Obama’s Numerous Links with International Marxism Exposed

The First Time I Heard of Barack

New START and Obama's Mysterious Trip to Russia

‘Jaw-Dropping’: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Makes Bombshell Claim About Russia and 2008 Financial Crisis (and Why It May Sound Familiar)

49 posted on 03/24/2014 12:03:00 PM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: Nachum

He has killed the healthcare system, now he is going to kill the military.


50 posted on 03/24/2014 12:04:26 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Nachum; All

“THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON TO DO THIS .. THE CURRENT REGIME WANTS TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY.

BECAUSE .. THEN MARTIAL LAW CAN BE DECLARED AND ALL ELECTIONS SUSPENDED AND ALL CONSERVATIVES WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO CAMPS.”

THAT’S A HORRIBLE PREDICTION .. BUT I’VE BEEN HEARING IT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW .. AND IT’S REALLY SCARY.


51 posted on 03/24/2014 12:04:41 PM PDT by CyberAnt (MY AMERICA: "... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: Nachum

” highly successful”
“military superiority”

That explains why the America-hater has canceled them.


52 posted on 03/24/2014 12:06:34 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: skeeter
How long before the nation’s self preservation instincts kick in?

We are watching the manifestation of wholesale TREASON by a president of the United States and the congress is doing nothing about it. I guess they hope that the Guillotine will not fall on them. They are wrong!

53 posted on 03/24/2014 12:06:55 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Nachum

s....


54 posted on 03/24/2014 12:10:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Nachum

More proof that Obama and Putin are the perfect storm against liberty.


55 posted on 03/24/2014 12:15:58 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom.)
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To: Nachum

56 posted on 03/24/2014 12:19:18 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Nachum

Zell Miller’s “spit balls” speech is no longer rhetoric but has turned into reality.


57 posted on 03/24/2014 12:20:11 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Nachum

It pretty much has to be what it looks like, but I’ll ask the question of military buffs here:

What is the replacement for the Hellfire? It has been the cornerstone air-to-ground missile that is put on everything from Apache attack choppers to F-16s to A-10s.

Is there a replacement we don’t know about? Without this missile, how do we engage moving ground targets?


58 posted on 03/24/2014 12:20:22 PM PDT by Advil000
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To: Nachum

This man is actively trying to kill America.


59 posted on 03/24/2014 12:21:00 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: Nachum

Obama is delivering what the democrats have dreamed of for 50 years. He is decimating the military. He is handing them socialized medicine. That could not be done by Hillary Clinton because she couldn’t call anybody racist for resisting. He is wrecking our immigration system by refusing to deport illegal aliens. He is truly going after all the planks in the democratic platform. By 2016, he will have basically delivered the change he promised. It won’t, however, be good for the United States. Even if we get a Republican, it will take probably 20 years to fix things. Not everything will get fixed because we still have democrats resisting.


60 posted on 03/24/2014 12:21:47 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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