Tank-hunter teams with Javelins.
Posted on 12/20/2014 3:29:05 AM PST by iowamark
The new defense spending bill includes $120 million for tanks that the Army has repeatedly said it doesn't want.
For three years, the Army in numerous Congressional hearings has pushed a plan that essentially would have suspended tank building and upgrades in the U.S. for the first time since World War II. The Army suggested that production lines could be kept open through foreign sales.
Each time, Congress has pushed back. Last week, Congress won again in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015.
In a statement, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, said that Congress "recognizes the necessity of the Abrams tank to our national security and authorizes an additional $120 million for Abrams tank upgrades. This provision keeps the production lines open in Lima, Ohio, and ensures that our skilled, technical workers are protected."
Turner chairs the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee and will retain that position in the next Congress. The General Dynamics Land Systems plant in Lima, the only U.S. manufacturer of tanks, is in the district of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio...
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Tank-hunter teams with Javelins.
General Dynamics Land Division is actually owned by General Dynamics, not Chrysler. Chrysler developed the tank decades ago, but has been maintained and built by GD LD for many years.
Uh-oh, you injected sense into an FR thread. You’re not supposed to analyze the “why” of it, just throw around terms like “Obama usurper!” and “treasonous bastards!”
Jeez, man...
Us. First as a visual deterrent against our hard-won liberties as they set up at the edge of cities and towns, then as an active deterrent against such as they level buildings and then towns to enforce Leader Obomination’s edicts.
The democrat congress does not want. They also do not want the F-22 or missile defense or nuclear weapons or training for our pilots etc etc
Well, that’s one way to unclog a drain.
Hmmmm. That wasn’t the case when i worked at GD-Pomona!
Oh well, ok then.
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