Henry J Cobb
August 25th 06, 01:50 PM
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/15348956.htm
> Marine Corps officials said Wednesday that they have no intention of
> buying new helicopters rather than the V-22 Osprey, rejecting a key
> recommendation of a new study produced by two Washington think tanks.
....
> Thompson said he expects Congress, and eventually the Marines' senior
> leadership, to consider the recommendations, given the need to
> replenish Marine combat capabilities and looming defense budget
> constraints.
Or they could cut the money from another service that's mostly idling
right now and whose techniques were just proven mostly useless in
Lebanon. (The USN could also use a small slice of this slush fund to
run a study on anti-ship missile defense.)
-HJC
> Marine Corps officials said Wednesday that they have no intention of
> buying new helicopters rather than the V-22 Osprey, rejecting a key
> recommendation of a new study produced by two Washington think tanks.
....
> Thompson said he expects Congress, and eventually the Marines' senior
> leadership, to consider the recommendations, given the need to
> replenish Marine combat capabilities and looming defense budget
> constraints.
Or they could cut the money from another service that's mostly idling
right now and whose techniques were just proven mostly useless in
Lebanon. (The USN could also use a small slice of this slush fund to
run a study on anti-ship missile defense.)
-HJC