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The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco

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By Jesse Coburn Verified
| NationofChange
The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics $533 million for an artillery factory that failed to produce a single usable shell. Instead of efficient, state-of-the-art production lines, half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding paid for machines that kept failing in bizarre ways, former workers told ProPublica’s Jesse Coburn. Giant robot arms would catch fire. The Texas factory’s signature device often cracked the steel meant for the shells.
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The $1 trillion black box

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By Jesse Coburn Verified, Ruth Talbot
| Salon Verified
The sums are vast, but the explanations for the spending range from vague to inscrutable. Consider these items in the law that funded the Department of Defense this year: For “Other Procurement, Air Force”: $32.6 billion. For “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”: $35.2 billion. And for “supplies and associated support services” related to U.S. Code Title 10 Section 3601 subsection(c)(3)(B) clauses (i) through (iv): a mere $650 million.
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Do You Know About U.S. Military Spending? Help ProPublica Understand Where the Money Goes.

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By Jesse Coburn Verified
| ProPublica Verified
ProPublica is examining U.S. military budgeting, spending and contracting, and we’re asking for your help.
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