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Popular Mechanics: Why the Pentagon Doesn't Know How Much Anything Costs
The F-35 cost a trillion dollars. Nobody really knows how much America's next nuke will cost. What's wrong?
* The military is about to do a major audit to figure out it huge budget problems.
* The cost of the much-maligned F-35 fighter jet program has reached in excess of $1 trillion, far more than the Pentagon said it would cost.
* The Pentagon tried to build and test-fly the jet at the same time, which added costs when parts had to be replaced. It also relies on accounting with a lot of wiggle room—keep that in mind when you hear how much a weapon will cost.
Defense Secretary James Mattis made some frank remarks about the Pentagon's budget woes last month. “I cannot right now look you in the eye and say that we can tell you that every penny in the past has been spent in a strategically sound manner,” he said during a speech to graduating Air Force cadets in Colorado Springs, CO. “And so this year, for the first time in 70 years, the Pentagon will perform an audit.”
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WNU Editor: All that I can say to the auditors is good luck in trying to follow the money in an organization like the Pentagon.
