Reviewing newly obtained Department of Defense records, Damien Spleeters at Motherboard dives into the recent spree of malfunctioning machine guns. He writes: The investigation, supported by Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and with reporting from Brian Anderson, reveals an impressively long list of dangers. These include poorly made parts, bad supply chains, limited manufacturer accountability, and flaws in parts for other weapons, like the M249 light machine gun. Read the rest of the report, and be sure to read all the way down for the service announcements where cartoon guns scream about the parts they need replaced. Motherboard
