Strategic Repositioning: Charting a Course in the Changing Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Market
februari 26 2009
The US has deployed a large number of advanced military technologies throughout the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan including combat drones, advanced surveillance technologies, remote weapon stations, and new bombs and missiles. However, unlike Operation Desert Storm, which is largely remembered as a push-button war of advanced Cold War technologies, OIF and OEF will likely be remembered as a “soldiers’ war” that brought frequently overlooked equipment such as trucks, rifles, and body armor to the forefront of policy makers’ and public attention. The asymmetric tactics employed by the Iraqi insurgency and resulting loss of life focused both the public and Congress on the vulnerabilities of the largely unarmored tactical vehicle fleet.
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Author(s): James Tinsley, Kristin White, Jack Kuecker