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Old 05-26-2007, 15:14 PM   #36 (permalink)
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EDIT: Sorry, didn't have time to add my comment earlier. I just wanted to post this article as an example of the fact that the insurgents (for a long time now) build the IEDs bigger. Low-hanging fruit (light skinned HMMWVs) no longer exist, and so every bomb is bigger.

The main fix isn't building bigger vehicles (although it doesn't hurt), as that's a reactive strategy. You need a proactive strategy as outlined in posts #5 and #6 in this thread, Cultural Anthropology.
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