CENTCOM sees $35M unfunded need to replenish 'bunker buster' bombs

By Tony Bertuca / April 4, 2022 at 12:49 PM
U.S. Central Command has for now identified a single item on the annual unfunded priorities list it sent to Congress: $35 million to replenish GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, sometimes called "bunker buster" bombs, according to a letter obtained by Inside Defense . The UPL letter dated March 25 from previous CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie says President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request would provide enough for CENTCOM to do its job. “However,” McKenzie wrote, “I have one priority requirement...

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