Ugandan army commanders "sent troops and weapons to reinforce specific M23 operations and assisted in M23's recruitment and weapons procurement efforts in Uganda", the report says.
The profound problems the Air Force--and indeed the entire military--has with weapons development and procurement is a separate issue.
In their frenzied efforts to argue for prompt termination of research and development on or the cancellation of procurement of such weapons, however, these partisans frequently missed one essential point: Fielding state-of-the-art technologies that often determine whether U.S. forces will enjoy a decisive qualitative edge over their adversaries requires taking some risks.
He discussed the U.S. government's knowledge of Iraq procurement efforts in the weapons of mass destruction field.
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The much-ballyhooed "Dual-Use Initiative" was advertised as the Defense Secretary's plan to cut DoD procurement costs by using commercial technology in weapons systems wherever possible.
He's promised greater oversight of the procurement process, including intermediate reviews of weapons projects and the use of "shadow teams" to ensure that contracts awards are decided fairly.
The need to reform our procurement systems shouldn't stand in the way of developing the weapons we need now and will need in the future.
Then the Air Force was rocked by the biggest procurement scandal in a generation, losing much of its authority to buy weapons.
For example the committee has decided to look at the "landscape" of defence procurement - or to put it another way, at why so many major weapons programmes seem to go over budget and over-time, while often failing to deliver the promised capabilities.
All of the other weapons and items Snake will need to complete the mission will be available via OSP (on-site procurement).
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