1. Carter's Big Decision: Down Goes the B-1, Here Comes the Cruise.
- Subjects
BOMBERS (Airplanes) ,AIR force procurement ,MILITARY spending ,AIR defenses ,ATTACK planes - Abstract
The article focuses on the decision of U.S. President Jimmy Carter to turn down the request of the Air Force to have 244 units of B-1 bombers. It states that the decision is based on Carter's view that the B-1s are not necessary and are too expensive, and will just be replaced with 330 units of B-52 bombers. It mentions that the decision is being supported by Iowa Democrat John Culver, saying that Carter's effort is the most constructive decision in terms of the military spending in the U.S. It says that compared to the B-1s, the B-52s will give the U.S. a 20% lesser cost and same capacity of air defenses against Soviet Union. It adds that the European allies of the U.S. also agreed with Carter's decision because they considered the B-1s to have less air defense than the B-52s
- Published
- 1977