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To: rich4eagle who wrote (214523)1/3/2002 5:38:04 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
I would not be surprised if R&D had been somewhat neglected, it is the easiest part of the military budget to trim. I agree that pork barrel harms the budget process pervasively. Given the significance of the digital/telecommunications revolution, I would not be surprised if much had flowed from commercial research. Still, the technology has to be developed for specific applications to the mechanized battlefield.....