5/20 Frago

+ Buddy Nathan Hodge discusses the MRAP on NPR

+ You can see the F-22 at Andrews, but not at Paris

+ New helmet for some F/A-18s

+ USS Sterret christened

+ GAO: DoD spy tech acquisitions too dis-joint-ed

--Sean Meade

Comments

[Peter]

MRAP vehicles are inherently no heavier than other vehicles, they are just design differently than the Humvee. The lightest of the MRAP vehicles are about about 7 tons. The up armoured Humvee is I think about 6 tons.
It is true that the Military's are buying MRAP vehicles that are much heaver than the Humvee.
The cougar 4 by 4 is about 15 tons. Why they are buying the heaviest of the MRAP vehicles to replace the Humvee I don't really understand since they are really a different class of vehicle than the Humvee.