Navy experts and retired officials fear that the elimination of the Tomahawk and Hellfire systems—and the lack of a battle-ready replacement—will jeopardize the U.S. Navy’s supremacy as it faces increasingly advanced militaries from North Korea to the Middle East. The cuts are “like running a white flag up on a very tall flag pole and saying, ‘We are ready to be walked on,’” Cropsey said. Retired Army Lt. Col. Steve Russell called the cuts to the Tomahawk program devastating for multiple reasons. “We run a huge risk because so much of our national policy for immediate response is contingent on our national security team threatening with Tomahawk missiles,” said Russell, who is currently running for Congress. “The very instrument we will often use and cite, we’re now cutting the program,” Russell said. “There was a finite number [of Tomahawk’s] made and they’re not being replenished.” “If our national policy is contingent on an immediate response with these missile and we’re not replacing them, then what are we going do?” Russell asked.~~Adam Kredo, Washington
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:45:11 +0000
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