The US Is About to Stop Buying Tomahawk Missiles, Like the Ones That Hit Syria

Defense One ^ | 7 Apr 2017 | Marcus Weisgerber

[Squantos]

Many a defense contractor will “base” for tax purposes the main office in one place and place manufacturing in different states . I believe Hughes did such with the early cruise missile sites in San Diego and Tucson etcetera ... loss of jobs in your state might be minimal.

[Hugin]

Last year, the Navy asked Congress for $187 million to buy 100 new Tomahawks. Last month, the Trump administration asked lawmakers for $85 million to buy an additional 96 missiles. Budget documents show the Navy has purchased more than 8,000 Tomahawks overall.

They haven't discarded them yet, since we're still buying new ones.

[Redcitizen]

Imagine converted oil tankers launching dozens nonstop.

[bigmak007]

My wife is related to Quanah Parker. Fun storyline’s to tell my gkids someday.

[SandRat]

YEP.

[GingisK]

I’m a faithful tax payer. When will they ship mine to me? I know I could use one or more of those babies myself. It is a very decent purchase, even this far into its service life.

[Hugin]

Interesting that under Obama we paid 1.87 million each, and under Trump it’s less than a million.

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