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From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Problems for Northrop ?
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Date: 27 Jul 89 11:31:49 GMT
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From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <8345@cbnews.ATT.COM>, jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) writes:
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: From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross)
: 
: willey@arrakis.NEVADA.EDU (Adm. Pavel Chekov)
:>	With what looks like the impending rejection of the B-2 by Congress,
:>what would happen to Northrop if no order is placed. How much of its own money
: 
: I have seen figures in the NY Times that say that Northrop will be forced to
: fire 30,000 employees, and then file for Chapter 11.
: 
: This explains some of the reluctance of the Replican members of Congress to 
: cancel the program.  

Democrats don't mind putting 30,000+ people out of work?  (Sorry, I couldn't
help mysel'.)

: As far as Congress driving them out of business by backing out at the last
: minute, this is a load of nonsense.  Northrop did it to themselves.  Carter 
: cancelled the program despite *HEAVY* lobbying by Northrop.  Reagan re-instated
: the program.  I don't see that this is a weapons system that Congress ever
: *really* wanted.  It is more an executive branch and Pentagon brass weapon
: that was forced down their throats.

Go back to your sources:  The B-1 system was the one cancelled by the Carter
administration and later reinstated.  Part of the reason for the concellation
was the idea that the B-2 was coming down the pipeline and its advanced
technology would make up for the B-1.  Carter was most definately a fan of
the stealth bomber.