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Javelin Antitank Weapon: Quantity and Identification Capability Need to Be Reassessed

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 14, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-330
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Summary:

The Army is developing the Javelin as a portable, hand-held missile launcher that troops can use on the battlefield to destroy enemy tanks. Since June 1989, cost estimates for producing and fielding the Javelin have soared by about 57 percent to $11.9 billion and development of the weapon is now substantially behind schedule. This report examines (1) the causes for cost increases and schedule delays and whether more cost and schedule slippages are likely, (2) whether the Army has reassessed the number of Javelins that are needed based on current threat assessments, and (3) whether there is a requirement for the Javelin to better distinguish between friend and foe when firing.

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