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Most US military gear in South Korea was in disrepair: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) Oct 06, 2005
Most US military gear in South Korea, including tanks, artillery and armored personnel carriers, was until recently in disrepair due to equipment demands in Iraq and Afghanistan and poor maintenance, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Inspectors with the Government Accountability Office found that starting in October 2004 as much as 80 percent of the heavy weapons and other fighting gear in South Korea were not "fully mission capable," according to the Post.
The problems included cracked gun tubes, faulty engines, and tanks that needed extensive engine work, the Post reported, citing unreleased classified and unclassified US government documents.
The US military told the newspaper said they had since focused aggressively on the issue and fixed the problem.
The quality of the military stockpile in South Korea began to drop as the US military struggled to meet equipment demands for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Post reported.
The US military "faces some near-term operational risks should another large-scale conflict emerge because it has drawn heavily on its pre-positioned stocks to support ongoing operations in Iraq," the Post reported, citing a US military report.
Until recently the equipment in South Korea was the biggest single cache of military equipment outside the United States, the Post reported, citing an unreleased GAO report.
http://www.spacewar.com/2005/051006025304.f4mwn8bu.html
Most US military gear in South Korea was in disrepair: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) Oct 06, 2005
Most US military gear in South Korea, including tanks, artillery and armored personnel carriers, was until recently in disrepair due to equipment demands in Iraq and Afghanistan and poor maintenance, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Inspectors with the Government Accountability Office found that starting in October 2004 as much as 80 percent of the heavy weapons and other fighting gear in South Korea were not "fully mission capable," according to the Post.
The problems included cracked gun tubes, faulty engines, and tanks that needed extensive engine work, the Post reported, citing unreleased classified and unclassified US government documents.
The US military told the newspaper said they had since focused aggressively on the issue and fixed the problem.
The quality of the military stockpile in South Korea began to drop as the US military struggled to meet equipment demands for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Post reported.
The US military "faces some near-term operational risks should another large-scale conflict emerge because it has drawn heavily on its pre-positioned stocks to support ongoing operations in Iraq," the Post reported, citing a US military report.
Until recently the equipment in South Korea was the biggest single cache of military equipment outside the United States, the Post reported, citing an unreleased GAO report.
http://www.spacewar.com/2005/051006025304.f4mwn8bu.html
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