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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing (propublica)
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newspropublica.orgFiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothingofficialmedia.defense.govEvaluation of the Department of War's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunitionnewstaskandpurpose.comA Texas factory cost nearly $500 million but has produced zero artillery shellsnewsdefensenews.comManufacturing woes hamper U.S. 155-mm ammunition production