[lit-ideas] Re: Rumsfeld the Iconoclast
- From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:28:33 -0500
This from the Army site. Note the Cancellation of
Crusader in the paragraph. The ARMY pigs are doing
their best to keep it on the back burner
regardless, thanks to the Carlyle Group, which is
not dissimilar to the Stevens Group that rescued
Clinton after he lost the CT primary to Brown,
pre- first term.
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/crusader/
CRUSADER 155MM SELF PROPELLED HOWITZER, USA
The Crusader self-propelled howitzer was being
developed for the US Army as a replacement for the
Paladin and the US Army requirement was expected
to be for over 800 vehicles. In May 2002, the
Crusader program was officially terminated by the
Department of Defense because it was not
considered sufficiently mobile or precise for the
evolving security needs of the 21st century. In
August 2002, United Defense received the *formal
termination* which ends all further work on the
program. United Defense has been awarded a
contract to use technologies developed for the
Crusader program to produce a lighter and more
deployable Objective Force Cannon or
Non-Line-of-Sight (NOS) cannon. "Objective Force"
is the working title for the US Army's long-term fu
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