![Non Line of Sight Cannon Future Combat Systems](https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56aa6e4ac08a8081028bd624-871-653/xm1203_non_line_of_sight-cannon_(nlos-c).jpg)
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A prototype of the Non-Line-of-Sight-Cannon, a component of the Future Combat Systems.
But throughout the 2000s, the Pentagon spent $51.2 billion on 15 major programs "without any fielded systems to show for it," according to a new Center for Strategic and International Studies $4.
The abandoned projects are largely due to a lack of funding attributed to the Budget Control Act and sequestration.
Sequestration, which is indiscriminate budget cuts across-the-board that affect every portion of the military equally, is the greatest threat to the US military currently, Former
Below are a series of military modernization projects that were canceled partially due to a lack of funds.