Troops Will Have To Do With 1,000 Less Armored Vehicles - ToTheCenter
August 22nd, 2007 | by TheAngryindian | | Post to NewsCloud »US troops fighting in Iraq will have to do so with at least 1,000 fewer special armored vehicles, says the Pentagon, due to the amount of the time required for shipment.
Reuters reports on Wednesday that Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell announced that the Defense Department expected defense contractors to produce 3,900 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles this year. However only 1,500 are expected to make it into the war zone. “If we could get 1,5000 to theater by the end of this
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