Purchased by the Air Force and supplied by the United Launch Alliance (Lockheed Martin and Boeing), the Atlas V rocket is used for launching things like satellites even satellites used by the U.S. intelligence community. The Atlas V depends upon Russian built, Russian supplied engines. In other words, were paying Russia to supply engines for rockets that are used for potentially sensitive national security missions, at the lowest point in U.S.-Russian relations since the end of the Cold War
Houston, We Have a Problem: Russian Rockets, NATO Solidarity and the Need for Defense Acquisition Reform
I don't get to post on here much anymore, but wanted to take the time to say hello to all on USMB and wish all well. Second, I had the chance to read this article and many like it and it struck me ,why are we buying Russian made Rocket engines for USAF rockets, have we let our military and domestic space program slide down to the point where we now have to pay Russia for engines we used to know how to build ourselves? Its my humble opinion that while many may not agree on things right and left perhaps we can all agree that using American tax payer dollars for military applications should be spent or attempted to be spent on hardware made here first.
Houston, We Have a Problem: Russian Rockets, NATO Solidarity and the Need for Defense Acquisition Reform
I don't get to post on here much anymore, but wanted to take the time to say hello to all on USMB and wish all well. Second, I had the chance to read this article and many like it and it struck me ,why are we buying Russian made Rocket engines for USAF rockets, have we let our military and domestic space program slide down to the point where we now have to pay Russia for engines we used to know how to build ourselves? Its my humble opinion that while many may not agree on things right and left perhaps we can all agree that using American tax payer dollars for military applications should be spent or attempted to be spent on hardware made here first.