And the 450 silo-based Minuteman missiles located in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming will require additional life-extension measures to assure their survivability and reliability beyond 2030.
The deployment of a replacement for the CH-46 will be postponed conservatively for five years probably necessitating an expensive service-life extension program for the CH-46s.
In the absence of a remedial measure like patent-life extension, the industry will continue its decline, resulting in incalculable losses to the U.S. economy and poorer medical care for its citizens.
In his reply President Bush invites the UK to "participate at an early stage in any program to replace the D5 missiles or to discuss a further life extension - for your purposes - of the D5 missile to match the potential out-of-service date of your new submarines".
Dr Levine was a member of the team which showed that an increased level of autophagy, brought on by the stress of living in a constant state of near-starvation, was the mechanism responsible for this life extension.