GAO Suggests DOD Antiarmor Weapons Plans are Suspect

By Dan Dupont / May 8, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The General Accounting Office, citing its review of the Defense Department's antiarmor weapons plan, suggests in a new report that Congress either restrict the military's funding until a more comprehensive report is produced or establish an annual funding cap to force DOD to prioritize among its many tank killers. "The (DOD) plan provided little data and analyses to support the services' plans to spend about $17.9 billion on 15 antiarmor weapon acquisition programs," GAO states in the May 5 report...

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