Word: seawolf
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...economy, but recent evidence indicates that its management is incompetent. Last week, the secretary of defense fired an Air Force general because the C-17 cargo plane's development was $1 billion over budget. In the last few years, major projects like the B-2 bomber, the Seawolf submarine, and SDI (Star Wars) were also trimmed after they ran severely over predicted costs...
...contrary, the temptation to use the Pentagon as a source of pork- barrel largesse remains as strong as ever. Witness the Connecticut congressional delegation's campaign to force the Administration to build two totally unnecessary nuclear-powered Seawolf submarines, at $3 billion each, which the Pentagon wants to cancel. Clinton unblushingly supports the Seawolf, along with another hyperexpensive program that the Pentagon wants to kill: the vertical takeoff V-22 Osprey, costing $40 million each. For his part, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Al Gore wants to keep open the assembly line for M1-A1 tanks, which Defense Secretary Dick Cheney...
...cold war is over, but the defense budget rolls on. The Senate last week refused the Administration's request to cancel two nuclear-powered Seawolf attack submarines that will cost $3 billion apiece. The vote was orchestrated by Senator Christopher Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, where the subs are built. The House version of the bill includes one extra Seawolf...
...said, "With the dwindling Soviet threat, we can cut defense spending by over a third by 1997," in part by canceling production of unnecessary weapons systems. . . On the Other Hand: On the eve of the Connecticut primary, Clinton reminded voters that he supports the construction of the $2 billion Seawolf nuclear submarine, which happens to be built in Groton, Conn. Bush's budget deleted the sub as too costly and unnecessary...
Peace threatens other big-ticket items as well, like the $3 billion Seawolf nuclear submarine that the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics is building in Groton, Conn. Since completion of its Los Angeles-class attack submarine, Electric Boat has depended heavily on the Seawolf to keep business humming. But while work on the first Seawolf is under way, experts say the Navy is unlikely to get any more of the 12 subs it once sought...