[Chief_Joe]

Right now 4000 up armored humvees are immediately needed in Iraq. The army cannot produce 3500 of them in the next 18 months. This is ridiculous ...This is a clear indication to me that no effort has been made to put uparmored humvee production into a war production modality.

It's called JIT (Just In Time) planning or, more appropriately, last minute planning. The primary objective of this approach is to save money -not to build tactical or strategic fighting instruments. The best part you've yet to hear is that we're dependent on "other" countries to build or furnish some of the critical components we need to do this.

[sauropod]

"The best part you've yet to hear is that we're dependent on "other" countries to build or furnish some of the critical components we need to do this."

Bingo! Give this guy a donut.

DoD is not serious about new land combat weapon systems. They haven't been for some time.