Kendall: Current Strategic Forces Modernization Plans Unaffordable Without Topline Relief
The Pentagon's top weapons buyer has declared current Air Force and Navy strategic forces modernization plans unaffordable, unless the Defense Department can secure an additional $10 billion to $12 billion annually beginning in 2021, a monumental bill confounding DOD leaders who aim to begin budgeting for a new bomber and submarine in the fiscal year 2017 budget that is now being drafted. Near-simultaneous plans to develop and buy the Ohio-class replacement submarine, a new long-range strike bomber, a new intercontinental...