The Nation - News from July 24, 1986

The General Accounting Office told Congress that grenades, ammunition and other explosives stolen from the Pentagon’s global stockpiles are increasingly being used in civilian explosions. The GAO said at a Senate Armed Services Committee task force hearing on inventory management that the Defense Department’s caches of weapons, estimated to be worth $162 billion, are so large and widespread and accounting practices are so filled with problems that it is difficult to determine the scope of the problem.