Pentagon Wants To Send Patrol Boats To Landlocked Afghanistan

One of the patrol boats purchased. (Courtesy of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction)

Military Blows $3 Million On Boats For Afghanistan, Then Secretly Cancels Shipment -- Washington Free Beacon

Boats now collecting dust in Virginia warehouse

The U.S. military spent more than $3 million on patrol boats for Afghanistan in 2010 and then quietly canceled the shipment several months later with no explanation, leaving costly patrol boats unused in a Virginia warehouse for the past several years, according to new information released by a government watchdog group.

It has come to light that the military and Defense Department cannot explain why the money was wasted due to “lapses in record keeping” that have resulted in files detailing the purchase being lost, according to an investigation by the Special Investigator for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

“The military has been unable to provide records that would answer the most basic questions surrounding this $3 million purchase,” SIGAR revealed Thursday.

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My Comment: 8 boats for $3 million .... I know a few things about boats, and those rigid-hulled inflatables do not go for $375,000 per .... not even close.