Here are some of the latest items from the 2011 Military Budget:
$733 million for the purchase of 100 Stryker NBC-Recon variants...got to get ride of the M-93! Not Purchased Here! Has it occurred to anyone else, that like cockroaches, Strykers are breeding faster than they can be killed off?
$14 million for the midlife service extension program for the Stinger MANPADs.
$884 million for the Ground Combat Vehicle, this is the replacement vehicle for the M-113.
$1.4 billion for the CH-47F, purchase of 47 ac.
$1.5 billion for the UH-60M, purchase of 71 ac.
An item of intrest is the decision to purchase 9,212 AN/PPS-26 Detectors. These are designed to detect a human target through up to 8 inches of abode walls or other barriers. Scale of issue is to be one per rifle squad. Hmmmm.
The Army is also planning to spend several millions in R&D to develop a new series of ultra-lightweight rechargable batteries...
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