SecurityRatty: War-Funding Bill: $50 Billion for Robo-Planes, Gear

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War-Funding Bill: $50 Billion for Robo-Planes, Gear

2008-05-08 18:30:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security

The Defense Department is keeping plump war-time budgets fat to fund a "longer war on terrorism" with lots of new gear. A new $165 billion House defense-spending bill goes well beyond what troops need on the ground in Iraq -- $50 billion is allocated for the latest manned and robotic aircraft, as well as new aerial and weapons systems.