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$10 mil? Not nearly enough and it was deliberate. Someone needs prison time.
Should this not result in the Death Penalty for all involved, to include corporate officers?
I wouldn't care about the 10M suit - though it is nice to recover some funds to help with replacing/mitigating the substandard parts. The real punitive action should be to disqualify the company or companies involved from any further DoD work, period. This wasn't the act of one single guy certifying bad parts. Someone decided to make the parts out of sub-standard materials and/or cut corners on the treating/processing steps to get the require strength. The whole company's integrity is called into question. No more DoD contracts.
Look for the ChiCom connection.