Materials capable of armor penetration and prompt chemical energy release are desired for future weapon systems in order to better couple the kinetic energy of a projectile to its target.
The Senate agreed to shift money from the Crusader into the Army's account for development of future weapons systems with the proviso that the Pentagon complete a planned analysis of the Crusader and artillery alternatives.
The Army and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, are spending a billion dollars on developing technologies for the future weapons system.
In spite of future weapon developments.
During a long, hot summer of Pentagon budget battles, whispers in the corridors said 2 of the Army's 10 active divisions were headed to the chopping block to free money for the military's future weapons.
The crucial condition, insisted on by Congress all along, is that any such future weapons tinkering avoid the need for testing.
Developing future weapons systems has become increasingly complicated and costly.
The document seeking congressional backing speaks of sending "a clear signal of American resolve", aiming "to deter, disrupt, prevent and degrade the potential for future uses of chemical weapons or other weapons of mass destruction".
Washington, May 11 , 2009 To the Editor: Governments, with pressure from civil society, have banned dum-dum bullets, chemical and biological weapons, and land mines, so why not imagine a world for future generations without nuclear weapons?
Mr. Rumsfeld is expected to argue, for instance, that the armed services must stockpile laser- and satellite-guided weapons for future conflicts.
