The Pentagon now spends about $21.6 million every hour to procure new military systems. As the cost and complexity of defense acquisitions programs continue to spiral out of control, many defense experts believe runaway military spending is unsustainable.
Meanwhile, soldiers in the field are being denied much-need equipment, while civilian programs go unfunded.
In this special report, IEEE Spectrum contributing editor Robert N. Charette examines the root causes of the current crisis in weapons acquisitions and what can be done to reform the system.
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Completely disagree. Cited is the F-22 at 137 million. The V-22 is close to 100 million, I believe the eurofighter is close also at 100 mil and other aircraft are up there as well. There no longer are cheap aircraft. Newer and updated surface to air missles make cheaper aircraft outdated. It sounds like the Soviet strategy of the 1970s. 'Build so many cheaper aircraft until they run out of missles. Then we gain air superiority.' Does anyone honestly believe the American public would stand for massive casualties on our side, or that the enemy would stop their production of high tech weapons? This is an idea whos time came 65 years ago and has been fading into the past. Lets let it continue to fade. It is foolishness at the risk of many american lives to serve a political purpose.
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