Rumsfeld Unable to Assure British that JSF has a Secure Future

By Adam J. Hebert / March 21, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today declined to offer public assurances that the multibillion dollar Joint Strike Fighter will be available as called for in United Kingdom modernization plans. At a press conference today, Rumsfeld and the Right Honorable Geoff Hoon, U.K. defense minister, said they met this morning to discuss a range of mutual defense concerns, including the future of JSF. But Rumsfeld refused to say that Hoon was given any assurance that JSF would not be canceled. "We have...

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