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The Pentagon has spent at least $58 billion over the past two decades on weapons systems that seemed like a good idea at the time, but never made it off the ground, or even off the drawing board.
The eye-popping figure is buried in a Pentagon report released this week from Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall.
The internal review of the Defense Department's acquisition performance contains a chart of 23 big-ticket weapons programs that were started, initially funded, and then canceled after billions were spent going back to 1997.
DoD report: $58 billion wasted in canceled weapons | Washington Examiner
The eye-popping figure is buried in a Pentagon report released this week from Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall.
The internal review of the Defense Department's acquisition performance contains a chart of 23 big-ticket weapons programs that were started, initially funded, and then canceled after billions were spent going back to 1997.
DoD report: $58 billion wasted in canceled weapons | Washington Examiner
