There have been plenty of rumblings that next year's federal budget (you know, the one that comes after the president is reelected) is going to include big cuts in all sorts of domestic spending. Today it appears that these cuts will extend to some Pentagon programs. The Pentagon has announced it plans to substantially cut back the number F/A-22 Raptors it will buy. While this will cause the cost per aircraft to soar (we've already spent around $40 billion on developing these planes), it may make it possible to save billions over time - though of course we'll end up with far fewer of these advanced fighters. Posted by armand at December 29, 2004 01:18 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics