It keeps getting funded because of jobs in Lima, Ohio - basically it is congressional make-work that spends our money AND weakens our defense (because those funds could have gone to other things the military actually wanted):
Funny, countries still want to buy M1 Abrams (made in Lima). Especially after the invasion of Ukraine. It's not make work, it's keeping a production facility viable.
The military asked to cancel it multiple times.
It keeps getting funded because of jobs in Lima, Ohio - basically it is congressional make-work that spends our money AND weakens our defense (because those funds could have gone to other things the military actually wanted):
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/18/congress-agai...