YOLO (CBS13) — The debate over a military-style vehicle for the Yolo County Sheriff's Department has ended, for now. On Monday, the department released a statement saying its "decided against ...
In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...
We live in a glorious country, America, where not only can police forces buy extremely armored vehicles, but they can equip themselves to the point where they are, for all and intents and purposes, ...
The military credits its new crop of hulking armored vehicles with saving hundreds of soldiers' skins. But these Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) behemoths come with all kinds of problems, as ...
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. - To meet a critical warfighter need, Tobyhanna produced a month's worth of kits in just nine days. On Feb. 11, the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) ...
It took Davis years to get an MRAP ­­­vehicle from the federal government, but less than a week to lose it. Woodland was quick to cash in on what had become a political issue, and the vehicle is now ...
Meet the newest vehicle in the arsenal of the San Diego Unified School District, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, more commonly known as an MRAP, or the US military’s answer to the ...
The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles will not provide protectionagainst explosively-formed projectiles (EFP), the roadside bombs that fire a high-velocity metal slug. So contractors ...