In Reply to: (link) Hey Buddy! Wanna knock heads and.. posted by SagoBob on July 30, 2025 at 17:57:18
initially funded to modernize our aging nuclear missles to upgrade the Qatar plane to be housed at his stupid library later on.
Gee, where's DOGE?
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just found nearly a billion dollars — $934 million to be exact — hidden deep in the Pentagon couch cushions. That money was supposed to fund Sentinel, a $77.7 billion modernization project for America’s aging nuclear missile system. Instead, it’s being rerouted to a classified project.
But here’s what we know about that classified project, thanks to reporting from The New York Times: part of it is funding a personal, Qatar-backed Air Force One project for President Trump.
Yes, you heard that right. Remember that Boeing 747-8 plane that the Qatari royal family donated to Trump earlier this year, well, it’s now being retrofitted for the commander-in-chief. The Secretary of the Air Force estimates the job will cost “less than $400 million,” but aviation experts and engineers say that number is optimistic at best.
NBC News reported that the actual cost could climb north of $1 billion — possibly more — especially since the aircraft needs to be stripped nearly to the studs to install encrypted communications, harden defenses, and protect against cyber and physical threats.
And the kicker? This plane probably won’t even be used for long. President Trump has said it will eventually be housed at his yet-to-be-built presidential library after he leaves office in 2029. "