U.S. Defense Procurement Czar Warns Of ‘Hollow Force’

Disproportionate budget cuts to research and development, driven by sequestration, threaten to turn the U.S. Defense Department into a “hollow force” as China and Russia continue to modernize their armed forces, says the Pentagon’s top acquisition chief. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for...

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