Over $700 million wasted on dysfunctional mine-hunting system: Report

‘The Pentagon has spent over $700 million on a mine-hunting system that has failed to meet US Navy performance standards 16 years after it was first developed.

The Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS) project began in the late 1990s, and was meant to provide the Navy with a safe way to navigate minefields.

The RMS is dropped off a ship so it can scan the area and send information of hazards back to ships in real-time, helping the parent ship to annihilate the seaborne mines.

However, 16 years of time and $700 million worth of money has been misspent due to mismanagement, said the report titled “America’s Most Wasted,” presented to the Senate Armed Service Committee this week.’

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