The U.S. military could save $35 billion a year by killing or substantially cutting six major weapon programs, William Hartung [2]of the New America Foundation plans to tell a House subcommittee. Savings would almost equal current annual costs of the war in Afghanistan. On Hartung's kill list: the F-22 stealth fighter, the DDG 1000 destroyer and the Virginia-class submarine. The largest saving would come from reducing the size of the nuclear arsenal of about 5,000 weapons. Cutting that to 1,000 would save $14.5 billion a year, while preserving "a more-than-adequate deterrent."
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[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/473
[2] http://ploughshares.org/expert/118
[3] http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4018163&c=AIR&s=TOP