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Obama Moves to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missiles
2014-03-24
Posted by:DarthVader

#15  Just think of all the abortions (of mainly minorities) this would pay for!

Obama marches on, with Soros holding his leash.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-03-24 23:48  

#14  The Navy has a rail gun under development that might be considered a substitute for the Tomahawk. On the other hand it is years from actual deployment, and may not be retrofitted onto many existing ships.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-03-24 21:41  

#13  You can't drop water balloons. What is someone has a latex allergy?

Two thoughts:
1) this is being reported by 'journalists', a species not renown for their understanding of matters military

2) Is this part of some sort of Pentagon budget horse-trading? We threaten to cut this, which freaks out some home-state congressmen, who then agree to cut something else in return for jobs & money, and finally we chop our actual target.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-03-24 21:25  

#12  @ed in texas - ..water balloons freeze at altitude. As such they could become lethal and, of course, would be fragmentation weapons upon impact. The (hopefully environmentally-friendly) latex encasement would prevent sublimation, thereby maintaining mass through the drop.

But some U.N. accord probably bans them and Zerro couldn't violate this, could he?

Program scrapped..
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-24 20:20  

#11  Seen in the comments on another blog: "The only country afraid of Obama is America."
Posted by: Matt   2014-03-24 20:11  

#10  Are we sure there is not a replacement? Should we even know?
Posted by: Glenmore   2014-03-24 19:47  

#9  So... the ground attack version of the F35 they insist on developing (it's the reason they're gonna drop the A10) is going to carry...what? Water balloons? (No hellfire.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-03-24 19:36  

#8  It seems he is determined to do the opposite of what any sensible leader would do.

After the Crimea Regan would have tripled the orders for those weapons.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-03-24 19:10  

#7  Well you see 'Tomahawk' is racist and 'Hellfire' is religious.

Maybe we should rename the weapon systems after his kids...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-03-24 18:31  

#6  Hopefully Congress can get the funding needed for these but at this rate the US will be conquered by the time Obumble's term is up.

I do believe that is the idea. I mean, he as much as said so.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2014-03-24 18:22  

#5  Think of all the condoms and food stamps one Hellfire would buy.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-24 17:32  

#4  So, without a viable national defense offered, what is the purpose for the 50 state to have a centralized government for things they can coordinate among themselves?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-03-24 16:55  

#3  It would be okay if we had something a lot better ready to ship to the fleet and the airedales today. But we don't.
Posted by: Steve White   2014-03-24 16:52  

#2  Amazing.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2014-03-24 16:48  

#1  This is just flat out treason. He is completely defanging the US Military with this. If not intentional to preemptive surrender to Russia and China, then the willful ignorance of this dolt is criminal and will get lots of people and soldiers killed.

Hopefully Congress can get the funding needed for these but at this rate the US will be conquered by the time Obumble's term is up.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-03-24 16:22  

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