INSURGENTS LEARN TO DESTROY MRAPs

"... insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles (Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles, or MRAPs) that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs... The insurgents' success in attacking the hulking machines, which can cost as much as $1 million each, also raise questions about how vulnerable a new, lighter MRAP, the M-ATV, which is now being shipped to Afghanistan, are to the massive explosive charges... The Pentagon has spent more than $26.8 billion to develop and build three versions of the largest MRAPs, totaling some 16,000 vehicles... Another $5.4 billion is being spent to produce 5,244 M-ATVs, the smaller version..."
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