NBC: Did the Army block Israeli anti-RPG system?

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Please note: this is not about of whether this system should be purchased but, rather, that it should at least be field tested

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MSNBC.com

Did the Army block Israeli anti-RPG system?

Documents show officials tried to stop Trophy from further field testing
By Adam Ciralsky, Lisa Myers & the NBC News Investigative Unit
Updated: 6:52 p.m. CT Jan 10, 2007

WASHINGTON - Since our first reports, the Army brass has repeatedly told Congress that the Israeli–made anti-RPG system Trophy is too flawed to battle test in Iraq.
But documents obtained by NBC News reveal that the Army's own engineers at one point gave the system high marks.

In the summer of 2005, Army engineers — working with a team from the Navy — analyzed six systems to defend against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). Their conclusion? Trophy was the "best candidate," the "most technically advanced" and the "most technically mature system." <.PDF link>

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In late October 2005, the Army's No. 3 official, Ray DuBois, expressed support for the effort to battle test Trophy. According to minutes of a meeting he held on the topic <.PDF link>, DuBois worried that the Army's resistance to additional testing of Trophy could "open the Army up to criticism from the Office of the Secretary of Defense that the Army is looking for the perfect solution instead of something that while not perfect might be 'good enough.'"

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But Pentagon sources, Army documents and e-mails obtained by NBC News reveal that other Army officials went to great lengths to stop Trophy, even from further testing. First, Pentagon sources say the Army refused to allow Trophy to be tested on an Army Stryker vehicle. So testers were forced to borrow a Stryker from Israel and fly it to Virginia. Cost to taxpayers? Around $300,000.

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Pentagon sources and Army documents obtained by NBC News strongly suggest top Army officials consider Trophy a threat to a $160 billion program called the Future Combat System (FCS). Under FCS, the Army is paying Raytheon $70 million to build an anti-RPG system from scratch; a system that won’t be ready until 2011.

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URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16563771/

[orleans]

1. unfucking real, isn't it?

i think it was olbermann who showed her report on tuesday nite.

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2. Yes, that was part 1. Part 2 was on NBC News

earlier this evening.

[orleans]

3. apparently lisa myers was working on this back in september

i googled and found this article dated 9/5/06

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14686871/

[wakeme2008]

4. They are also blocking better Body Armor (plus a NOM...

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Soldiers for Truth has been covering this for some time, the latest http://sftt.org/

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5. Obvioulsy, our troops are angles

who can live on air and escape any harm

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Wouldn't this be enough justification to roll back the tax breaks for the top income and investments earners?