Bunker busters eyed in revised war funding

[unhappycamper]

Bunker busters eyed in revised war funding
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Oct 23, 2007 12:43:24 EDT

President Bush’s emergency war spending request submitted to Congress on Monday includes funding to buy more Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, more Sniper targeting pods for aircraft and a program to arm the B-2 with the Air Force’s largest “bunker buster” bomb.

The Air Force would get $22.9 billion of the $196 billion revised request for the Defense Department for fiscal 2008, but the proposal must first be approved by Congress.

It is in addition to the Air Force’s normal 2008 budget, still making its way through Congress.

The largest chunk of the Air Force’s share — $10.8 billion — would fund daily operations and maintenance costs.

About $3.9 billion would pay for more Predator and Reaper UAVs; modifications to the A-10, F-15 and F-16; Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System command-and-control aircraft; and Sniper targeting pods.

The request includes $1.6 billion to pay for research and development, including a program to arm the B-2 stealth bomber with the 30,000-pound massive ordnance penetrator.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/10/airforce_b2bomb_071023W/



uhc comment:

I'm having a hellova time trying to find out what these suckers cost. AirAttackNews.com sez they're made by Lockheed Martin & we spent $37.2 billion on them in 2005 --> http://www.air-attack.com/news/news_article/1469/Lockheeds-Sniper-Targeting-Pod-Achieves-Operational-Capability.html

GlobalSecurity sez we bought 24 of them in 2005 --> http://www.air-attack.com/news/news_article/1469/Lockheeds-Sniper-Targeting-Pod-Achieves-Operational-Capability.html

Are the things more than $1,000,000,000 a pop? Can it be?

[izzie]

1. And Congress will give it to him

With over 900 bases around the world and two wars going I guess no one can say no. Hard to build a 3000 sq. ft. house on handing out FF and Burgers. We seem to need our gun industry.