What is absurd is tripling an already-large national deficit in a grand anti-capitalistic gesture that benefits primarily CEO's. Ask any retired auto worker how their pension plan is working out after being destroyed by the "targeted" "focused" bankruptcy proceedings. How about this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/tarp-pay-czar-executive-pay_n_2569328.html
The NRA lost the rhetorical battle the moment "armed guards" was uttered. They should have said "School Resource Officers". No one in the press would complain about arming police officers, and Community Policing is a popular concept.
So here we are, 8 years later. The M113 is still in army inventory, with a tentative replacement date of 2018. The Stryker's high speed is credited for its quick response capability and IED avoidance. Upgrades (all successful armor platforms get upgraded over their lifetime) to double V hull increased IED survivability. The platform is an unqualified success, with more roles now in service. The "leaked" (yeah, right) study has been discredited. I never thoug
The Stryker crews have higher casualty rates because the vehicle is highly suitable for the kind of high-speed caravaning that the US Army has decided is appropriate (?) for patrolling in Iraq. Heavy mech is being used for station keeping and whatnot and just doesn't drive by roadside IED's and carbombs as often as the Strykers do. You comment "Please read the link and tell me if you're still interested in riding into battle" reveals
The Stryker was NOT the camel produced by the horse committee as the Bradley AFV was, as depicted in the movie "Pentagon Wars". It is a successful platform used around the world, in its third generation, and a complete rarity in US procurement- a "Not Invented Here", "Not Made Here" highly successful vehicle actually adopted and procured byt the US Army. Its procurement broke all the NIH rules that has burdened the US Army for so long. The electronics
M-1 Abrams tanks replaced M60's. M60's replaced M-48's. There were various other Mediums and Heavies between the M-48 and the M4 Sherman. It seems you need to do a little more studying, no, a lot more. I will reprint this reply from Iraq (not from me) with only one comment. Rumsfeld successfully killed a SP howitzer program by pointing out it was not C-130 transportable. He tried the same thing with strykers but failed because it IS C-130 tran
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