General Dynamics Took $533 Million for an Artillery Plant That Made No Usable Shells
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The US military has invested half a billion dollars, or just over 400 million euros, in a new artillery shell factory. But not a single shell has been delivered. 30,000 shells were supposed to be destined for NATO, the US and Ukraine, but the factory has failed to produce a single usable 155mm artillery shell.
Artillery ammunition became a sought-after commodity after the Russian attack on Ukraine. Existing supplies and capacities were not enough. The General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) robotic factory near Dallas was supposed to help solve the shortage. It did not produce a single shell body. It cost American taxpayers over half a billion dollars, but the Pentagon is not demanding that the company return it.
Robots regularly caught fire, sometimes spinning out of control. Few things worked as they should, and the heavy hammer became a routine "repair" tool. The Americans' futuristic munitions factory failed to produce anything. Half a billion dollars later, no one was found guilty.
When the Pentagon funneled $533 million to a defense plant to save Ukraine, the expectation was for a state-of-the-art production line to churn out artillery shells at a breakneck pace. But at the General Dynamics plant in Muskegon, Texas, the reality was completely different: robots caught fire, presses crashed equipment out of control, and workers tried to fix the failure with heavy hammers in the middle of the night. According to a comprehens…
General Dynamics Took $533 Million for an Artillery Plant That Made No Usable Shells
A $533 million U.S. project to produce artillery shells for Ukraine at a General Dynamics factory near Dallas failed to deliver a single usable round, according to a ProPublica investigation and a Pentagon inspector general report. The factory in Mesquite, Texas, was intended to expand U.S. production of 155 mm artillery shells as Ukraine faced […]
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