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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, May 13, 2007

An adaptive enemy

I'm prone to agree with the Stryker proponents that the problem isn't so much the vehicle as the adaptive enemy and their better bombs.
A string of heavy losses from powerful roadside bombs has raised new questions about the vulnerability of the Stryker....

Since the Strykers went into action in violent Diyala province north of Baghdad two months ago, losses of the vehicles have been rising steadily, U.S. officials said.

A single infantry company in Diyala lost five Strykers this month in less than a week, according to soldiers familiar with the losses......

(I found this an interesting article all the way through.)

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