25.01.2007, 16:20
Das System sollte schon vor mehr als einem Jahr in den Irak verlegt werden, um bei Crowd Control zu helfen. Scheinbar kommt man nicht so recht voran, wie man sich das vorstellt.
Dass nichttödliche Waffen an Freiwilligen getestet werden, ist nicht gerade neu oder unüblich.
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Zitat:Wer zum Henker stellt sich freiwillig vor eine Waffe?
Dass nichttödliche Waffen an Freiwilligen getestet werden, ist nicht gerade neu oder unüblich.
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Zitat:Scarcity of safe vehicles deemed worse
By David Wood
Sun Reporter
Originally published January 21, 2007
WASHINGTON // After nearly four years of war in Iraq, the Pentagon's effort to protect its troops against roadside bombs is in disarray, with soldiers and Marines having to swap access to scarce armored vehicles and the military unsure whether it has the money or industrial capacity to produce the safe vehicles it says the troops need.
On Jan. 10, The Sun reported that most of the 21,500 troops President Bush has ordered to Iraq as reinforcements will not have access to specialized blast-resistant armored vehicles because they are in such short supply. ...