White House threatens veto over F-35 alt-engine

[unhappycamper]

By William Matthews - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 27, 2010 18:11:24 EDT

As promised, the White House has threatened to veto the 2011 defense budget if Congress includes money for an alternate Joint Strike Fighter engine.

In a “statement of administration policy” issued Thursday, the Executive Office of the President said the Obama administration “strongly objects to the addition of $485 million for the extra engine program.”

White House officials warned that if the final version of the defense spending bill includes that money, “the president’s senior advisors would recommend a veto.”

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The engine, which is being developed by GE and Rolls-Royce, has already cost the Pentagon about $2 billion, and the White House says the engine will cost $2.4 billion more.

Gates said the engine is unaffordable and that the current F-35 JSF engine built by Pratt & Whitney is performing well.



unhappycamper comment:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. has about a veto if it includes money for the F-35 period

The money would be better spent on fucking Spitfires,

[unhappycamper]

2. The A-1 Skyraider is the 1960s version of the Spitfire:

Low, slow and loaded for bear.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

4. and well suited for a war with a WW1 level enemy

all the while the pentagon still has a raging erection for a space age three front war with the Russians or Chinese.

[TexasObserver]

3. recommend