Estimated cost of Pentagon's weapons bill escalates

THE ESTIMATED cost of US Department of Defense weapons purchasing rose by $6 billion in the second quarter of 1996, from the $702 billion first-quarter estimate to a mid-year projection of $708 billion. The so-called Selected Acquisition Report summarises the latest schedule and cost estimate for the Pentagon's major weapons ...

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