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C-MASAD-83-12 1 (1983-01-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdwg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: This is an unclassified digest furnished in lieu of a report containing classified security information. REPORT BY THE WIDE AREA ANTIARMOR MUNITIONS: COMPTROLLER GENERAL TERMINATE ONE SYSTEM AND REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES TWO OTHERS DIGEST To assist in countering the Warsaw Pact's numerical armor advantage, the tactical air forces must be capable of delaying or prevent- ing the enemy from moving to the central battlefield. To do this, they need weapons that can destroy several armored vehicles each time the attacking aircraft passes over a target area. The Air Force expects the Wide Area Antiarmor Munitions (WAAM) program to provide weapons that have a high-multiple- kill-per-pass capability. However, one of the systems being considered should be terminated because it will not meet minimum requirements, and the other two systems rely on new unproven technology and involve weapons delivery concepts that have not been demon- strated. WAAM is a family of area munitions being developed to provide the tactical air forces a multiple-kill capability against tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, and support vehicles. Specifically, a plane loaded with the munitions should kill several target vehicles per pass in day, night, and adverse weather operations. Also, to increase aircraft survivability, the weapons must be capable of being delivered from stand-off positions or at low altitudes without the pilot visually seeing the target. (See p. 1.) The present WAAM program consists of the (1) Antiarmor Cluster Munition, which is in full-scale development, (2) Extended Range Antiarmor Munition, which recently completed the validation phase, and (3) Wasp, which is in its third year of the validation phase. That phase is expected to be completed in May 1983. The overall program cost estimate total $10.5 billion--$895 million for research and development, $9,191 million for procurement, and $407 million for support. (See pp. 1 to 3.) GAO/C-MASAD-83-12 JANUARY 26.,1983 120565 7 ; :: t <,I, *

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