B-2 Bomber

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POGO’s investigations into military weapons seek to illustrate some defense contractors’ improper influence on Pentagon decision making. For example, regardless of effectiveness or even Pentagon requests for these weapons, Members of Congress ardently support weapons systems built or maintained in their districts. These systemic flaws lead to misspending on military weapons programs, placing tax dollars and national defense at risk.  

B-2 Bomber portion of the Pentagon's Department of Operational Test and Evaluation 2003 Annual Report. The Pentagon used to make this report publicly available on the web, but is no longer doing so. POGO has scanned in the reports of eleven of the biggest or most troubled systems. April 16, 2004.

POGO Fighting with Failures Fact Sheet: B-2 Bomber - Production of the B-2 was approved in 1987, but the first round of operational testing of the aircraft was not completed until 1997. This long-term period of concurrent production and testing resulted in an array of technical problems. April, 2001.

 POGO Investigative Report Is the Air Force Spending Itself Into Unilateral Disarmament? by U.S. Air Force Colonel Everest E. Riccioni, Ret. As the cost of the B-1 and B-2 skyrocketed, the number of bombers the Air Force could actually purchase declined, leading to the Air Force's inability to buy fighter jets in meaningful numbers. August, 2001.


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