Navy used 47 Tomahawks last night, 47% of planned 2015 purchases

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http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/09/navy_used_47_tomahawks_last_night_47_of_planned_2015_purchases.html

Last night’s air strikes against ISIS in Syria used up 47 Tomahawk missiles.  The Tomahawk is an extremely effective weapon, capable of delivering its ordnance precisely, without risking a pilot’s life.  But the defense cuts of the Obama administration call for procuring only one hundred Tomahawks next year. Christopher Cavas of Defense News reported last May:

    Weapons procurement showed striking reductions from last year’s plans. Then, the Navy planned to buy 980 Tactical Tomahawks, the primary cruise missile in use throughout the fleet. The new plan shows only 100 missiles in 2015 and none thereafter.

The planning was to shift to a new generation weapon system. But in the meantime, we are left with a now-diminished Tomahawk inventory, now that an air war which was not planned is underway:

    The reduction reflects shifting investment to a new next-generation land attack weapon, said Lt. Caroline Hutcheson, a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon, who also noted that the current inventory of Block IV Tactical Tomahawks exceeds combat requirements. A recertification line for existing missiles will be established to retain effectiveness of current TacToms, she added.

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I hope this sort of press release is massive misinformation, misdirection etc.

In warfare, nobody tells their enemy much of the truth, and least of all about the drawdown of their weaponry stockpiles.

On one hand we are told this contest could take 30 years, then within the first week we are told that we used up much of our bomb inventory?

The 24 hour news and entertainment shows need stories, so they get fed stories.

*I doubt the Japs would have surrendered if they knew we had zero more nukes.