Службы оценивают износ оборудования в 2005 от $13 млрд до $18 млрд, просят $12 млрд, бюджетный офис Конгресс предлагает $8 млрд
The war in Iraq is burning through U.S. military equipment at five to 10 times the peacetime training rate, and the services will have to spend $13 billion to $18 billion to replace it, congressional budget experts say.
The services have asked for $12 billion in the 2005 emergency supplemental funding request to replace worn-out vehicles and equipment, but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said current operations are wearing out vehicles at a rate of $8 billion per year. The CBO released its cost estimates April 6 at a hearing of the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee. Readiness and logistics chiefs from the four services also testified.
The services themselves calculate they have unfunded equipment losses of $13 billion. But the CBO said it’s too soon to provide an exact estimate, which is why auditors provided a range using two separate accounting systems.
