{"product_id":"weapons-acquisition-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289241452","title":"Weapons Acquisition: Precision Guided Munitions in Inventory, Production, and Development: Nsiad-95-95","description":"Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the military services' acquisition of precision guided munitions (PGM), focusing on: (1) the planned costs and quantities of PGM; (2) the services' rationale for initiating PGM development programs; (3) available options to attack surface targets with PGM; and (4) the extent of the services' joint development and procurement of PGM. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) the services have bought or are developing over 33 types of PGM at a cost of about $58.6 billion; (2) the 19 PGM types in inventory and production provide about 130,422 individual munitions at a cost of about $30.4 billion and are used by the Air Force and Navy; (3) the 14 PGM types in development have a combined estimated acquisition cost of about $28.2 billion; (4) the services' rationale for the PGM development programs include increasing the number of PGM, gaining additional capability through technical improvements, and providing interim capabilities until certain munitions are available; (5) the 33 PGM types provide multiple options for countering targets and some PGM can function against more than one target class; and (6) the Navy and Air Force have participated in joint PGM development programs, but they do not plan to buy some PGM currently under development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1289241457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781289241452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.13d","brand":"U. S. Government Accountability Office (","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449487700223,"sku":"9781289241452","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67cede42-a3d9-42c9-9138-06e82f5eb705.jpg?v=1777263609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/weapons-acquisition-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289241452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}