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2022-03-31 Science & Technology

Putin Is Smiling: Why Did Biden Cancel The Navy's New Nuclear Cruise Missile?

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Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ...This nice gentleman should have a cup of chamomile tea and relax.

The danger is that while Russia possesses thousands of these tactical nuclear weapons, the U.S. has only about 100 of them stationed in Europe.

True. And another few hundred on Tridents, Virginias, and Los Angeles class subs. And we haven't counted the UK and France's weapons yet. Plus I'd be willing to bet that at least half - and maybe more - are pointed at those nice Chinese people. We won't get into what percentage of the Russian weapons won't work; that percentage of the Allied weapons is MUCH higher.

In 2018, the Trump administration proposed developing a nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile to discourage our adversaries from using their tactical nukes. Earlier this year, Congress appropriated over $5 million for this program.

Reality check: $5MUSD wouldn't buy the paint samples for the missile mockups. It's my understanding that in this case, we kind of need to send two cheers to the Biden administration - that money, pocket change though it may be, is being diverted to things we need now, not things we may get 8-10 years down the road.

It's like the cancelled F-35 purchases: looks bad on the surface, but those birds are being diverted to the out-of-the-blue German buy, and the Canadians suddenly decided that yeah, maybe we need to buy the -35s we were going to buy ten years go. The Lockheed production line is finite; and the German aircraft are needed now.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-03-31 08:02|| 2022-03-31 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Why Did Biden Cancel The Navy's New Nuclear Cruise Missile?

Because Xi told him to?

Posted by Mercutio 2022-03-31 08:37|| 2022-03-31 08:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Go to the head of the class, Mercutio.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-03-31 12:42|| 2022-03-31 12:42|| Front Page Top

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