OSINT: Calls for force cuts start

The NY Times starts the drum beat for military spending cuts. The USAF (besides the F22)is tagged below... What this means for CAP is unknown, more or less work?

"Trim the active-duty Navy and Air Force. The United States enjoys total dominance of the world’s seas and skies and will for many years to come. The Army and the Marines have proved too small for the demands of simultaneous ground wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are the forces most likely to be called on in future interventions against terrorist groups or to rescue failing states. Reducing the Navy by one carrier group and the Air Force by two air wings would save about $5 billion a year."

"Making these cuts will not be politically easy. The services are already talking up remote future threats (most involving a hostile China armed to the teeth with submarines and space-age weapons). Military contractors invoke a different kind of threat: hundreds of thousands of layoffs in a recession-weakened economy. We are all for saving and creating jobs, but not at the cost of diverting finite defense dollars from real and pressing needs — or new programs that will create new jobs."

"The cuts above could save $20 billion to $25 billion a year..."

However, rather than just cutting - the writer suggests moving the savings to 1) Ground forces, 2) Build more Navy Littoral combat ships (supporting ground operations) and 3) Resupply and repair for the National Guard and Reserves.

The rest of the story here...