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Gates: New Bomber in 2011 Budget

Travis | Dec 14, 2009 | there are 0 comments 0

On Friday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said:

For the 2011 budget and beyond, as we think about the five-year defense plan, we probably are going to undertake a new long-range strike capability for the Air Force.  

I don't want to tell you how old either I or the B-52s are. (Laughter)  But let's just say that when I grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and was about 10 years old, they were testing the B-52s over my house.  

So I guess the piece of news is we are probably going to proceed with a long-range strike initiative coming out of the Quadrennial Defense Review and various other reviews we've had going on.  And we're looking at a family of capabilities, both manned and unmanned, in terms of capabilities.

And let ME just say that when I grew up in Palmdale, California, and was about 10 years old, they were testing B-2s over MY house. Good luck building a structurally sound mission with that going on over your head.

UPDATE: Gates also reportedly said that "$1 billion would likely be devoted to the effort in its first year, with gradual increases thereafter."

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