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Air Force

DoD Details Potential Weapons Cuts Under Sequester

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned yesterday that if the Pentagon receives the largest-possible budget cuts, weapon programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the next-generation bomber, the Littoral Combat Ship, ground-combat vehicles, and European missile defense could be cancelled. Panetta detailed the impacts of the so-called sequestration process--which would deal the Pentagon up to $600 billion in additional cuts if a congressional committee fails to craft a federal-budget-cutting plan--in a letter yesterday to Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham…

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