Gates rips heart out of Army's Future Combat Systems
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking to all-but-end the Army's Future Combat Systems. In his proposal to radically overhaul of Pentagon's arsenal, Gates said he wanted to scrap all eight of the vehicles at the heart of FCS -- including a next-gen tank, cannon and infantry carrier. "I have concluded that there are significant unanswered questions concerning the FCS vehicle design strategy. I am also concerned that, despite some adjustments, the FCS vehicles ... do not adequately reflect the lessons of counterinsurgency and close-quarters combat in Iraq and Afghanistan," Gates said.
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