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Originally Posted by Mule  Are you kidding me? You must have forgotten the body armor and humvee mess from '04-'05? The whole body armor saga has been media/PR driven from the get-go. I'm well aware of the giant pork barrel that is the procurement process, but this wouldn't even be news if the press hadn't short stroked themselves all over it 3+ years ago as an example of how we "weren't taking care of the troops." |
Isn't this just a case of poor design? Why scrap the idea of better armor altogether? Just ditch the morons who shipped this stuff without adequate testing and feedback.