"April 8, 2012: The U.S. Army is fighting the politicians to avoid having to buy more M-1 tanks, or upgrade some older ones that do not need upgrades. What it comes down to is that the politicians want to keep the only American tank manufacturing plant open. It's all about political posturing, votes and getting reelected. But the army wants to spend its shrinking budgets on things that will save lives in the next battle. At stake is several billion dollars. The generals cannot openly say that this is about buying votes versus buying lives, but that's what it comes down to"...........
neptunechimney wrote: " What it comes down to is that the politicians want to keep the only American tank manufacturing plant open.
Interesting, and it will be a problem when figuring out how to trim defense spending. You don't want to lose all manufacturing and service capacity, but these companies are businesses and will close at some point. Same with Navy shipyards.
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neptunechimney wrote: " What it comes down to is that the politicians want to keep the only American tank manufacturing plant open.
Interesting, and it will be a problem when figuring out how to trim defense spending. You don't want to lose all manufacturing and service capacity, but these companies are businesses and will close at some point. Same with Navy shipyards.
The Navy figured it out years ago. They drib it out and pay more per ship. It is not always up to them. I remember when the scum bag Trent Lott made the Navy shell out half a billion for a ship they did not want.
