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COMMENTS: Delayed Delivery
CBS led with MRAPs--that is the Pentagon acronym for the armored successor to the HumVee. A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle can survive blasts from roadside bombs because its V-shaped chassis deflects the explosive force. CBS' David Martin reported that the Marine Corps requested 1,200 MRAPs for Iraq 27 months ago: "So far they have received less than one hundred." The USArmy uses the Cougar, a large MRAP, which NBC's Jim Miklaszewski took for a test drive at its manufacturer, Force Protection, in Charleston SC. He called the Cougar "20 to 25 tons of rolling steel" With power steering and automatic transmission and "encased in armor and six inch bulletproof glass, it is like driving a bank vault."
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