Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to announce on Monday the 'restructuring' of several dozen major defense programs as part of the Obama administration's bid to 'shift' military spending from preparations for large-scale war against traditional rivals to the counterinsurgency programs that Gates and others consider likely to dominate U.S. conflicts in coming decades. Obama addressed the Pentagon budget March 24, saying:
"We've already identified potentially $40 billion in savings just by some of the procurement reforms. . . . And we are going to continue to find savings in a way that allows us to put the resources where they're needed, but to make sure that we're not simply fattening defense contractors."
Among the programs expected to be heavily cut is the Army's Future Combat Systems, cutting a new $20 billion communications satellite program and reducing the number of aircraft carriers from 11 to 10. He also plans to eliminate elements of the missile defense effort that are over budget or 'considered ineffective'...
[It's great news to learn we no longer need concern ourselves with the future intentions of nation-state 'traditional rivals' -- such as Russia and China.]
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