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According to the Russian military news network reported on June 1, the U.S. military since since 1995 has 22 arms and military equipment R & D projects died, a total waste of $ 32 billion, which has invested heavily in equipment, a new product but not the largest weapons program is RAH-66 “Comanche” stealth helicopter and FCS Future Combat System.

the U.S. military from the 1980s started to develop, “Comanche” stealth helicopter, the final allocation of $ 6 billion in 2004 after abandoned. Responsible for developing the American company Boeing and Sikorsky, after the collapse of the Project also received $ 700 million in compensation. U.S. Army Command and the Pentagon decided to abandon the project, to save money out of the existing unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters used in the procurement. Finally, by the Pentagon to abandon the “Comanche” project received $ 15 billion in funds for procurement of new reconnaissance helicopter, since 2004, has $ 2.2 billion for the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles, another $ 2.2 billion for the procurement of AH-64 “Apache” attack helicopters, 15 million for maintenance and modification CH-47 “Chinook” helicopters, and plans to develop low cost of some of the ARH reconnaissance helicopter, but spent $ 533 million to give up again after a new project .

Pentagon originally planned to develop the FCS Future Combat System within the framework of manufacturing a full range of combat systems, armored equipment from the UAV to the ground, everything. But after spending 190 billion dollars in huge amounts of money but to achieve satisfactory results, the project culminated in 2009, “end.” U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates pointed out in this evaluation, from his experience, if people try to change everything at once, creating some absolutely new product, the usual result is to pay a high price. (Compiled: Shu-shan)

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