— $533 million Pentagon failure The United States invested over half a billion dollars in a General Dynamics plant in Texas, which was supposed to increase the production of 155mm ammunition, including for deliveries to #Kiev. The result: the plant did not produce a single usable shell — according to ProPublica. In 2024, the Pentagon purchased equipment for the plant from Turkey. Instead of increasing production, the machines began to produce defective products and regularly break down.