Euro defense companies warn against program cuts

[Freeper]

unhappycamper  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sat Oct-09-10 11:03 AM
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Euro defense companies warn against program cuts    Updated at 11:03 AM
   
Euro defense companies warn against program cuts
By FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press Writer Frank Jordans, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 8, 9:10 am ET

MONTREUX, Switzerland – Leading European defense companies warned Friday that cuts to military programs could cause long-term harm to the industry's research and development capabilities, even as they looked beyond the continent for new business to make up anticipated shortfalls.

Multinational programs such as the Eurofighter jet and Airbus A400M military transport plane were essential to preserving future R&D capacity, said Domingo Urena-Raso, chief executive of Airbus Military and president of European defense industry group ASD.

"It's not the moment to destroy all these things," he told reporters on the sidelines of an industry meeting in Montreux, Switzerland.

Governments across Europe have indicated that austerity budgets won't spare the continent's defense spending, prompting alarm in a sector long used to strong state support.

In Brussels on Friday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned that too many cuts would eventually undermine security.

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marmar  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list       Sat Oct-09-10 11:05 AM
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1. Is there a bigger collection of whiny global Welfare Queens than defense contractors?    Updated at 10:53 AM
   
:nopity:

You are a ****ing idiot sorry for the f word but Damn.

Defense contractors provide a service to our country a constitutional service at that you bonehead.
They have done more for our country than your stupid ass.
All you do is sit there with your hand held open bitchin that Obama can't fill it fast enough.
You worthless piece of shit.

[Carl]

Once again 

These deluded idiots think somehow life will be all peace and rainbows even though each one of them would kill to take what someone else has.

[JohnnyReb]

Maybe Einstien was right. He said he didn't know what weapons would be used in the next world war but the one after that would be fought with sticks and stones.....the DUmmies are just trying to go straight to that last one.

[Freeper]

Once again 

These deluded idiots think somehow life will be all peace and rainbows even though each one of them would kill to take what someone else has.

hell yeah they would rather that someone else dies because Health care is rationed than to have to pay for their own health care.

[Randy]

hell yeah they would rather that someone else dies because Health care is rationed than to have to pay for their own health care.

And because of their lack of usefulness up to this point in life guess what the decisions on lifelong DUmmies healthcare will be?

[AllosaursRus]

And because of their lack of usefulness up to this point in life guess what the decisions on lifelong DUmmies healthcare will be?

Hopefully when they need it, we can just send in the magnificent Dr. Kevorkian! Whoda thunk he was eventually goin' to be of some use to us??????

[true_blood]

Once again 

These deluded idiots think somehow life will be all peace and rainbows even though each one of them would kill to take what someone else has.

I agree Carl. What world are these mindless people living in?! De-fund your military and you become safer somehow??!