Sorry. I listened to the entire exchange on the radio, and the media got this one right. What made it even worse was Secretary Rumsfeld's insistence that only the laws of physics prevented more armored trucks from being produced. Then I read in the paper the next day that the company that is the army's sole source said they were only waiting for orders to produce 20% more armored trucks than their current output.
I've worked for a government contractor, and believe me, no government contractor leaves the government uninformed of their capacity to produce more of what the government is buying. If the company didn't have orders to run at full capacity, it's because the DoD wasn't on top of the problem.
If anyone has information to disprove this lapse, I'd be relieved to read it.
Well,..... read thru the articles and threads on the arnmorflap keyword list, including the actual transcript and this one:
And why were they only making 450 Humvees a month?[Because it was law, that's why]