China has supplied the transporter erector launchers for North Korea’s new long-range missiles, said Richard Fisher during his May 24 Capitol Hill speech. He did not say China provided the missiles themselves as we incorrectly reported in Wednesday’s column. We have corrected our original entry.
When the Air Force sets a new program baseline for the B-52 re-engining this fall, there will be “some” cost increase, because the project wasn't previously fully funded, and the Air Force has a better handle on actual supplier costs and knowledge from ground testing, program officials said.