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Head-slapping headline of the day

by on June 26, 2006 in The Long War

Wars force Army equipment costs to triple

You mean wars cost the Army more money than peacetime? Somebody get the Pentagon on the line -quick!

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  1. John says:
    June 26, 2006 at 5:48 pm

    dammit, you beat me to this.

  2. Papa Ray says:
    June 26, 2006 at 7:14 pm

    Yea, but even the contracts that were signed before 2001 costs are going up, overrides, overruns, changes to specs. It’s out of hand and getting worse every year.

    Like the Special Ops mini-sub that they gave the contract to someone who had NEVER built any kind of sub before…gave them money hand over fist (for years), finally gave up on the project with only one sub that is not deployable, and barely works. Worse yet, no new contract bids, I guess the Seals will have to use their old wet subs for now.

    I heard the Germans build really good subs.

    Papa Ray

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    December 7, 2006 at 9:43 am

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    December 14, 2006 at 4:07 am

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