…the lead item (click on it to enlarge) in Monday’s contract announcement list from the Pentagon. More than $2.5 billion for bullets. Trust they’re getting the quantity discount. We’ve asked just how many bullets you get for that kind of money, and we’ll share the answer when we get it.
UPDATE: “The contract announcement yesterday was in error,” an Army spokesman tells Battleland. The $2.5 billion contract is a four-year deal, and Monday’s announcement was screwed up by Pentagon computers (think of it as friendly fiscal fire). It has been corrected:
Kind of makes you wonder how many of these announcements have similar problems. The spokesman says he can’t say how much we’re paying per bullet, because it’s “competition sensitive” information. Bottom line: the Pentagon knows how much it’s paying, Alliant knows how much it’s being paid, its competitors all have lobbyists and Washington reps who spend days figuring out how much their competitors are bidding. Seems the only one left in the dark is you, dear taxpayer. Surprise!