On 2011-08-05, at 4:05 PM, Robert Naiman wrote: > The cuts *so far* are about what the Pentagon was already starting to > prepare for as a result of Obama's directive. The cuts that would come > as a result of the automatic trigger, or if something like that is > included in the Gang of Twelve agreement, are a different story. > > A trillion dollar cut over 10 years would be a 15% reduction in > Pentagon spending compared to current plans. > > If the trigger happened, it would be $884 billion, about what the Gang > of Six agreed. > > A $350 billion cut over 10 years - which the White House says was > agreed to in the first round (extrapolating from the first round), and > which is roughly equivalent to the $400 billion in cuts over 12 years > that the Administration already directed the Pentagon to prepare, > would roughly hold the Pentagon at 2% inflation a year and would be a > 7% cut from currently projected spending.
What kind of impact, if any, will the turn to unmanned drones and robotic ground vehicles have on military spending going forward? Will there be significant savings realized on labour and capital expenditures? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
