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A considerable turning point in the modernization of Watervliet Arsenal was the construction of the radial forge in the 1970s, a $7 million dollar expenditure.[{{cite web |title=Watervliet Arsenal: What just happened? |url=https://www.army.mil/article/81038/watervliet_arsenal_what_just_happened |website=www.army.mil |date=7 June 2012 |language=en}}][{{cite web |title=FINAL RCRA FACILITY INVESTIGATION REPORT MAIN MANUFACTURING AREA WATERVLIET ARSENAL, Watervliet, New York |url=https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/401034A/Report.RCRA.401034A.2000-11-01.RFI_Volume_1.pdf |website=New York Department of Environmental Conservation |publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers}}][{{cite book |last1=Defense |first1=United States Congress Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of |title=Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1974: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11575, an Act Making Appropriations for the Departartment of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1974, and for Other Purposes |date=1973 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=RA1-942 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYr09tIiD3oC&pg=RA1-PA942 |language=en}}] |
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A considerable turning point in the modernization of Watervliet Arsenal was the construction of the radial forge in the 1970s, a $7 million dollar expenditure.[{{cite web |title=Watervliet Arsenal: What just happened? |url=https://www.army.mil/article/81038/watervliet_arsenal_what_just_happened |website=www.army.mil |last=Snyder |first=John B. |date=7 June 2012 |language=en}}][{{cite web |title=FINAL RCRA FACILITY INVESTIGATION REPORT MAIN MANUFACTURING AREA WATERVLIET ARSENAL, Watervliet, New York |url=https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/401034A/Report.RCRA.401034A.2000-11-01.RFI_Volume_1.pdf |website=New York Department of Environmental Conservation |publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers}}][{{cite book |last1=Defense |first1=United States Congress Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of |title=Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1974: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 11575, an Act Making Appropriations for the Departartment of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1974, and for Other Purposes |date=1973 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=RA1-942 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYr09tIiD3oC&pg=RA1-PA942 |language=en}}] |
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As of 2023 Watervliet Arsenal is manufacturing cannon barrels for the [[M1 Abrams]] tank.[{{cite news |last1=Michaels |first1=Daniel |date=March 17, 2023 |title=At a Steam-Age Arsenal, U.S. Army Forges Cannons for a Digital Era, War in Ukraine |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-a-steam-age-arsenal-u-s-army-forges-cannons-for-a-digital-era-war-in-ukraine-68e51440 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}] |
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As of 2023 Watervliet Arsenal is manufacturing cannon barrels for the [[M1 Abrams]] tank.[{{cite news |last1=Michaels |first1=Daniel |date=March 17, 2023 |title=At a Steam-Age Arsenal, U.S. Army Forges Cannons for a Digital Era, War in Ukraine |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-a-steam-age-arsenal-u-s-army-forges-cannons-for-a-digital-era-war-in-ukraine-68e51440 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}] |
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