The Pentagon's spent an eyewatering 58 billion dollars on failed weapons programmes in the past 20 years alone, it's admitted in a new report. It cites 23 programmes cancelled after billions had already been spent. Among them is something called Future Combat Systems, which didn't meet strategy requirements. A reconnaisance and attack helicopter was also scrapped as ineffective and too costly. Meanwhile, a so-called Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle was withdrawn due to budget cuts.<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
