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"* Supported a Clinton initiated Army Transformation plan which will unilaterally disarm the Army of all of its war-winning main-battle tanks and tracked vehicles including the Crusader SP artillery system."

Oh please. The Crusader uses unguided munitions.

The American military is long past needing "new" ways to deliver unguided munitions. That system is an $11 Billion boondoggle that deserves to be killed...

Oh please. The Crusader uses unguided munitions. The American military is long past needing "new" ways to deliver unguided munitions. That system is an $11 Billion boondoggle that deserves to be killed...

The Crusader is far more capable than anything else we have got. Crusader was also the last tracked vehicle to be killed in the Army. Tracked vehicles are far more capable and far more mobile than retro wheeled vehicles which the Bush DoD and the Chief of Staff of the Army are touting as somehow futuristic. Accordingly, the US Army of 2024 will have no tanks, no tracked vehicles, and will have little if any self-propelled artillery. It will be unable to do what the US Army is supposed to do--that is to win wars. This is the Clinton-Bush legacy which is being bequeathed to our noble Army which is also under seige by the Bush DoD which is questioning the need for its continued existance as a large size capable fighting force with their plans to cut more Army divisions than did Bill Clinton. As one Army general recently noted, "so much for the Bush's campaign motto that 'help is on the way' for America's military!"

Oh please. The Crusader uses unguided munitions. The American military is long past needing "new" ways to deliver unguided munitions. That system is an $11 Billion boondoggle that deserves to be killed...

Guided munitions are expensive and highly overrated - IMHO.

The Crusader can compute a targetting sequence that will allow it to fire 6 HUGE exploding projectiles and have all 6 hit the target SIMULTANEOUSLY. It has a rapid reload system and with its support vehicles it is one awesome weapon system designed to win wars on the ground.

I can't imagine why it was killed. It had to be a political decision, not a tactical one.