Military buys bulletproof helmets without proper quality tests to use up its budget South Korean military authorities were found to have purchased bulletproof helmets without going through proper performance testing and issued them to soldiers.A military official even made bogus reports on the performance test results for the helmets.The military was also found to have issued poorly performing bulletproof vests to service members.According to the recently disclosed results of an investigation by the Board of Audit and Inspection into military projects to acquire body armor, the Army Headquarters sought in December 2021 to acquire lightweight bulletproof helmets for special operations troopsThe problem was they simply bought the equipment first and checked their performance later.

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