Question 1: How feasable would it be for the XM16E1 project to be killed by congress in 1966 or 1967? Lets say it gets a lot more negative press, the problems with the different propellants is worse, or a combination of those and other factors makes the Ichord committee conclude that it's politically safer to kill off the program despite the expenses than to continue it.
Question 2: If it's not feasable given the above, with a POD of early 1965, what would it take for the program to be killed?
Question 3: In either case, assuming that it does get killed off, what happens? I assume the M-14 will be the interim weapon until something more appropriate can be cooked up.
Question 2: If it's not feasable given the above, with a POD of early 1965, what would it take for the program to be killed?
Question 3: In either case, assuming that it does get killed off, what happens? I assume the M-14 will be the interim weapon until something more appropriate can be cooked up.