A Future the Army Can't Afford

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A Future the Army Can't Afford
Should we spend billions on high-tech dreams?
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Monday, March 28, 2005, at 2:55 PM PT

Today's New York Times reports that the U.S. Army's "Future Combat Systems"—an elaborate medley of new hardware, fast software, and wild dreams that Pentagon planners regard as the "technological bridge" to tomorrow—may be about to collapse.