Collision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe US failed to track more than $1 billion in military gear given Ukraine, Pentagon watchdog saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down127cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkThe US failed to track more than $1 billion in military gear given Ukraine, Pentagon watchdog saysapnews.comCollision Resistance@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·10 months agoI mean it’s 1 billion dollars of military equipment. Probably don’t want that falling into the wrong hands.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s just spare change for the Pentagon. Almost a rounding error when it comes to unaccounted for money in their audits. This time around, 1,600 auditors combed through DOD’s $3.8 trillion in assets and $4 trillion in liabilities, conducting some 700 site visits. They found that half of DOD’s assets can’t be accounted for. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4313887-pentagon-fails-sixth-audit-in-a-row/
I mean it’s 1 billion dollars of military equipment. Probably don’t want that falling into the wrong hands.
That’s just spare change for the Pentagon. Almost a rounding error when it comes to unaccounted for money in their audits.