Obama to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missile Programs

[BUnit1701]

I don't see a Red Dawn situation happening anytime soon.


WOLVERINES!

I was referring more to a full scale military assault on the aggressor nation, but feel free to keep cracking jokes.

 

[dawheat]

So we're actually still building more Tomahawks this year and next - at enough numbers to probably keep up with usage in the next couple years and more. So in 2016 we'll have anywhere from 3500 to 4000 missiles stockpiled, which are really only effective against a 3rd world military and no longer a major threat to a 1st world military.

I'd be frustrated (like I am again and again) by military waste if we planned to keep building more of these subsonic, non-stealth missiles.

 

[Ventanni]

We have plenty of these missiles, and if we need more, we'll make more.

And seriously, some of you guys sound like you actually want to get into a shooting war with Russia. Russia is no match for the United States militarily, and even if we did start butting heads, it would likely end in a nuclear scenario. So let's ease it up with the chest pounding, shall we? Cutting a little bit of military spending doesn't make us weak.

 

[norseamd]

So let's start be diverting that $128M from the military to NASA. So many technological advances were made via the space program that trickled down to civilian life. That's where we'll really benefit, by progressing. Not spending money on the same old shit.

+1

nasa needs all the money it can find

and that will also upgrade our ability to fight in space

 

[Agent11]

Maybe bring back the battleship? More expensive you would think tho.

 

[norseamd]

Maybe bring back the battleship? More expensive you would think tho.

you can support 4 battleships for every aircraft carrier

 

[Sonikku]

We really need to crack down on all that cyber warfare computer geek pansy shit and instead double down on conventional weapons suited for fighting nuclear powers unwilling to use nukes under any circumstances in a world war 3 situation.

 

[fskimospy]

you can support 4 battleships for every aircraft carrier

But an aircraft carrier is about ten times more useful than a battleship and has probably twenty times the combat power.

 

[norseamd]

But an aircraft carrier is about ten times more useful than a battleship and has probably twenty times the combat power.

there are uses for both

a battleship is unrivaled for shore bombardment and can carry plenty of missiles along with some aircraft as long as they can vtol. also an aircraft carrier might not have enough room for large operations command and control station which a battleship might be able to accomadate. also a 21st century designed battleship would be very multi purpose. they could have the main cannons as well as anti ship missiles, cruise missiles, anti aircraft missiles, and torpedos. the battleship is also a lot more survivable against aircraft power then many think because actually the truth is that any one ship is vulnerable to aircraft power.

 

[zinfamous]

Linked article says replacement missile program is not ready.



No replacement and current stockpile will be depleted by 2018.

so 2000 missiles ever used, up until this point, with 4000 more in stock?

And you think they will be depleted by 2018?

So, you, like your source, believe that the current rate during wartime is the realistic lifetime rate of Tomahawk use?

lulz.

You really should focus on training your puppies to play well with your chickens, rather than dabble with numbers that confuse you.

 

[zinfamous]

+1

nasa needs all the money it can find

and that will also upgrade our ability to fight in space

space fight! :awe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6ygeZxUBA

 

[Texashiker]

so 2000 missiles ever used, up until this point, with 4000 more in stock?

And you think they will be depleted by 2018?

I quoted from the article.

If you have issues with the numbers in the article, please take those issues up with the author.

 

[IronWing]

We can compromise and put the money toward building space battleship Yamato.

 

[Pens1566]

I quoted from the article.

If you have issues with the numbers in the article, please take those issues up with the author.

We might if we could find a respectable, non-hack media source for this story. I stopped looking for one after several pages of google results showed nothing but right wing nutjob sites.

 

[Texashiker]

We might if we could find a respectable, non-hack media source for this story. I stopped looking for one after several pages of google results showed nothing but right wing nutjob sites.

Does not change the fact that funding is being pulled when a replacement is not ready.

 

[JManInPhoenix]

Borg cube v Death Star - who would win?

 

[zinfamous]

Death Star, hands down.

 

[thraashman]

I was referring more to a full scale military assault on the aggressor nation, but feel free to keep cracking jokes.

My level of seriousness was directly proportional to the intelligence of your comment.

 

[IronWing]

Death Star, hands down.

Only because Lucas is willing to spend more on special effects.

 

[zinfamous]

Only because Lucas is willing to spend more on special effects.

How does a single Borg ship have the payload to destroy an entire planet?

And don't give me that "assimilation of Death Star computer system crap."
Those imperial access codes are all super secret. Only top Imperial Brass, many, many Bothan spies, and a dashing space smuggler and his pet bear have access to those!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Borg cube v Death Star - who would win?

Is the death Star manned by kick ass clones or regular recruits like we saw in ep 3-6?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

The same people who constantly complain that we waste too much money feeding, housing, and caring for US citizens appear to desperately want us to instead spend that money on building missiles and putting them in a warehouse.

agreed.

 

[IronWing]

How does a single Borg ship have the payload to destroy an entire planet?

And don't give me that "assimilation of Death Star computer system crap."
Those imperial access codes are all super secret. Only top Imperial Brass, many, many Bothan spies, and a dashing space smuggler and his pet bear have access to those!

Those Death Star computers have mechanical keyboards. The Emperor does things right. Better than the cheapskates over on the Enterprise. "We have a giant space battle planned!" "Costs too much, there's a perfectly good 1920s gangster set right over there, tweak the script."

 

[norseamd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2cS8wvQHI

 

[norseamd]

How does a single Borg ship have the payload to destroy an entire planet? And don't give me that "assimilation of Death Star computer system crap." Those imperial access codes are all super secret. Only top Imperial Brass, many, many Bothan spies, and a dashing space smuggler and his pet dog have access to those!

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