The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old GuardFrom the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, a small band of military activists waged war against corruption in the Pentagon, challenging a system they believed squandered the public's money and trust. This book examines that movement and its proponents and describes how the system responded to their criticisms. |
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Page 131
... fuel lines , hydraulic lines , and electrical cables . Fires start from ruptured fuel or hydraulic lines . Ammu- nition burns and explodes to produce more fragments , as well as over- pressures high enough to disintegrate a lightly ...
... fuel lines , hydraulic lines , and electrical cables . Fires start from ruptured fuel or hydraulic lines . Ammu- nition burns and explodes to produce more fragments , as well as over- pressures high enough to disintegrate a lightly ...
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... fuel tanks were full of water , not fuel . Even if penetrations had occurred , no one knew whether those penetrations would have started fuel or ammunition fires inside the vehicle . As the Bradleys began rolling off the assembly line ...
... fuel tanks were full of water , not fuel . Even if penetrations had occurred , no one knew whether those penetrations would have started fuel or ammunition fires inside the vehicle . As the Bradleys began rolling off the assembly line ...
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... fuel in the process , much more than their diesel counterparts . M - 1A1 tanks burn seven gallons of fuel per mile — not miles per gallon , but gallons per mile . Their turbine engines burn about the same amount of fuel when they are ...
... fuel in the process , much more than their diesel counterparts . M - 1A1 tanks burn seven gallons of fuel per mile — not miles per gallon , but gallons per mile . Their turbine engines burn about the same amount of fuel when they are ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Meet Me at the Flags | 63 |
The Wheel of Conspiracy | 83 |
Copyright | |
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