| Topic: |
Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
24 Mar 2006 06:15:23 AM |
| Object: |
Bush and Rumsfeld forgot to address this. |
From Reuters, 3/23/06:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/arms_usa_armor_dc
Army faulted over wartime armor delays
By Jim Wolf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The U.S. Army failed to have enough armor ready for trucks used after
the 2003 invasion of Iraq even though it was told in 1996 to
strengthen the vehicles, congressional investigators said on Thursday.
In addition, it took longer to produce the armor once it was ordered
because fewer of the truck armor kits were requested than were needed,
said the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, Congress's
audit and investigative arm.
"The Army did not fully capitalize on approved operational
requirements for truck armor that were established in 1996," said the
report for the Senate and House Armed Service committees.
The 1996 requirements were similar to those developed in 2003 in
response to experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, GAO said.
GAO said armor-installation delays had placed U.S. forces "at greater
risk as they conducted wartime operations in vehicles not equipped
with the preferred level of protection."
Armed U.S. convoys in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the target of
deadly attacks by enemy forces.
The threat of improvised explosive devices has grown into the No. 1
killer of U.S. troops in Iraq.
In response, the Army, among other things, has added armor to medium
and heavy trucks in the region.
Nearly 2,300 American troops have died in Iraq.
The Army expected to have all trucks traveling dangerous routes
strengthened with armored panels and bullet-resistant glass by the end
of January except for fuel tankers, said the report, carried out from
last April through January.
Completion of armor kit installation for tankers was expected by
January 2007, it said.
Although the Army first identified a requirement for 3,780 truck armor
kits for five types of trucks in November 2003, it did not produce all
of the kits until February 2005 -- 18 months later.
GAO said funding was not always available to award contracts at the
time requirements were identified.
But it said officials could not explain why increased funding was not
provided earlier nor how funding decisions were made.
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Bumbling Pentagon fools kill American troops.
Harry
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