title: military veteran bonus scandal might be much worse than initially reported
text: by kurt nimmo blacklisted news 
  in the video below the folk hero of the iraqi counterterror services and regular iraqi army takes a direct hit in the battle for mosul 
  the destruction of an abrams tank by a russian atgm kornet missile is good news if youre a stockholder in general dynamics land systems formerly chrysler defense 
  general dynamics makes the abrams battle tank 
  each one costs  million 
  the us will simply ship another tank to replace the one destroyed along with its presumed iraqi crew iraqi lives are a cheap commodity so it will not be a problem to find another expendable tank crew 
  back in  former army chief of staff gen raymond odierno testified to congress that the army has more than enough tanks he suggested the line at general dynamics be shut down temporarily our tank fleet is two and a half years old on average now were in good shape and these are additional tanks that we dont need he said 
  congress budgeted more money for new tanks anyway rep mac thornberry a texas republican and chairman of the house armed services committee said more tanks were needed in europe to confront vladimir putin 
  military readiness is a consumable said maj gen thomas a horlander the armys budget director military hardware is cumulative according to the pentagon 
  on tuesday general dynamics stock opened at  and closed at  last week the corporation was awarded a  million contract for an airtoground rocket system earlier this month general dynamics was awarded a  million contract over five years to provide engineering and technical services for major weapon systems program technical assistance support systems requirements and assist with production decisionmaking and program controls according to marketwatch  
  the united states is the largest producer and exporter of weapons in the world the us armed forces budget topped out over  billion in  
  us military budgets  
  obama fy  billion per year bush jr fy 