Weapons aren’t getting to the warfighters when they’re needed.
The Pentagon has a bad habit of getting weapon systems to the warfighter well after they were needed, and late-to-need weapons are useless. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was critical of the Pentagon in a June weapon systems report. Schedules were not met, performance is not equal to defeating the enemy quickly, and the cost has risen.
The Pentagon Cannot Get Weapons to the Battlefield on Time
Delays in fielding weapon systems are not a new phenomenon. Liberty Nation News reported recently that the “US Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), under contract with Northrop Grumman, is skyrocketing in price.” Additionally, the first flight test of the Sentinel ICBM has been delayed two years to 2026. What the GAO described in its…
