the air force agreed to purchase 46 rockets for use in the atlas 5 and other launch systems from a firm called the united launch alliance. a join venture between boeing and lockheed martin but the engines that are installed in the rockets cost 15 to 20 million apiece, those come from a kremlin controlled firm. the man who oversees it is a long time ally of vladimir putin who is one of the 11 kremlin officials that president obama i m authorizing sanctions on russian officials placed under sanction in the ukraine crisis last month. it may be undermining the effective of sanctions as a tool of foreign policy. there s an impetus for ux la