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"The Strykers are fast and offer some protection against roadside bombs," ABC's Jim Sciutto reported from Kabul, "but clearly not nearly enough." The IED ambush in Kandahar that killed seven soldiers prompted Sciutto's colleague Bob Woodruff to travel to Wisconsin where the Oshkosh Corporation is filling a rush Pentagon order for a new type of armored vehicle that can travel off-road. Woodruff explained that the armored MRAP that the Pentagon deployed in Iraq to protect soldiers from roadside bombs is too heavy for Afghanistan's primitive infrastructure. Oshkosh's lighter MATV is designated as the replacement: it is building 5,000 vehicles at a cost of $1.5m each. Woodruff went for a test drive.
Andrew Tyndall 10/31/09 2:27:32 pm

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