Reply #15: uh oh...snag, Army may need more funding from Congress [View All]

[maddezmom]

In addition, the Army would also have to go to Congress for additional funding if Armor Holdings sought more money, officials said.


The Army has ordered 8,105 of the armored Humvees, and 5,910 are in Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan (news - web sites) and nearby countries. Armor Holdings is already producing 450 a month, meaning they would be finished sometime in the early spring. Any increased production by the company before then would accelerate the completion of the order.


Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfield, responding to a soldier's complaint about not enough armored vehicles for the troops, said Wednesday the Army was working to produce more armored vehicles, but it was "a matter of physics, not a matter of money," suggesting that production lines at operating at capacity.


But Armor Holdings spokesman Michael Fox said Thursday that the company recently completed an analysis after the Marines inquired about buying 50 to 100 armored vehicles each month.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=693&e=6&u=/ap/20041211/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/armored_humvees

Well Rummy, looks to be both $$$$$ and Physics...along with poor planning. :eyes: