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		<title><![CDATA[DoD Buys More Armor]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the niche markets that has developed over the last seven years with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is the up armoring of vehicles for the US military.  The major threat that developed in Iraq was the roadside bomb which attacked the US troops at their most...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:00:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pentagon wants to bulk up vehicles]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200708/ai_n19495539]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is rushing to develop added protection for its new Mine Resistant Armor Protected MRAP vehicles from the deadliest roadside bombs, military contract records show.     A Pentagon solicitation released Monday calls on contractors to detail their armor solutions "as soon as possible." The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Humvee doors can trap troops]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200705/ai_n19055311]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Army is fixing the doors of every armored Humvee in combat in Iraq because they can jam shut during an attack and trap soldiers inside, Pentagon records and interviews show.     The door trouble, the latest in a series of problems with the Humvees...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Humvee deaths on the rise despite armor upgrades]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200605/ai_n16235755]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Although the Pentagon has strengthened the armor on more than 50,000 Humvees and other military vehicles throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, roadside bombs have killed more U.S. troops this year, Pentagon records show.  Most are dying in their Humvees, the workhorse vehicles the military scrambled to armor as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: Military errors held up armor in Iraq]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200603/ai_n16254788]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Miscalculations and problems in the military supply pipeline created delays in armoring the Army's truck fleet in Iraq, leaving soldiers at greater risk from lethal explosions, according to a new government study.  When insurgents started targeting U.S. troop convoys with hidden bombs, commanders asked for more armor for humvees...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Most Marines killed in Iraq could have been saved by body armor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200601/ai_n15985290]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP  &#8212; A secret Pentagon study reportedly found that as many as 80 percent of Marines killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor.  "Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pentagon looking at replacing Humvees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050824/ai_n14907422]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is accelerating its search for a replacement for the Humvee after two years of roadside bombs and suicide attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds of soldiers in a vehicle that wasn't designed for front-line urban combat.   Before the war in Iraq, a Humvee successor wasn't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Humvee vulnerabilities raise doubts on future]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200506/ai_n14739828]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Even the most heavily armored Humvees may be inadequate to protect U.S. troops from ever-changing insurgent tactics, the Marine Corps' second-ranking general told lawmakers Tuesday. New vehicle designs, however, would take years to develop.  The House Armed Services Committee questioned Gen. William Nyland, assistant commandant of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The invention militia: amateur engineers are asking what they can do for the Pentagon]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_6_37/ai_n15340874]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On a recent, chilly day in upstate New York, I found myself riding shotgun in a black Chevy Trailblazer with a small arsenal of assault weapons in the trunk. The driver, Dave Warren, a 39-year-old Vietnamese-born ex-Marine and veteran of Desert Storm, was a man on a mission. An inventor...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gas Pains]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtha/is_200505/ai_n14723952]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense now has about 27,000 vehicles in Iraq&#8212;and every one of them gets lousy gas mileage. To power that fleet the Defense Logistics Agency must move huge quantities of fuel into the country in truck convoys from Kuwait, Turkey, and Jordan. All that fuel gives American soldiers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shields of steel: U.S. army leaders contemplate options to improve truck armor.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6540/is_200504/ai_n25907562]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In fits and starts, the Army so far has outfitted more than 22,000  trucks with protective armor for troops in Iraq. While Army officials  cite this accomplishment as proof that depots and suppliers can be  mobilized rapidly it times of need, they also view it as a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News transcript from the United States Department of Defense.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200501/ai_n19907365]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-6 January 2005-US DOD: News transcript from the United  States Department of DefenseC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:01042004    DoD News Briefing Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dallas,  Ft. Worth    Q: It is an honor on News Talk 820...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Hillbilly Armor']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200412/ai_n8596746]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Predators know to hunt the weakest animal in the herd. So do the Iraqi insurgents. It is an essential truth about the Iraq war that's ingrained in soldiers like Pvt. Daniel Rocco, a Humvee gunner with the Second Battalion of the 82nd Field Artillery Regiment. Rocco's unit is an artillery...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['We're On the Right Track']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200412/ai_n13254852]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Major-General Ray Odierno was commander of the 4th Infantry Division, whose soldiers captured Saddam Hussein in a "spider hole" just outside of Tikrit a year ago. Major-General Odierno, now assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to NEWSWEEK's Eve Conant about the Iraqi insurgency, the shortage...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pentagon works to send more armor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20041216/ai_n11493650]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents are growing more effective, and it will take time to get U.S. troops the $4 billion in armor they need for protection, defense officials said Wednesday. "This is not Wal- Mart," one general said.   Officials rejected growing criticism that armor shortages in Iraq reflect...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Army steps up production of armored Humvees, trucks.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200412/ai_n22288516]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Stephen J. Hedges, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Dec. 16--WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials, confronting a growing  furor  that has thrown the military on the defensive, have begun firing  back at those  questioning whether it has supplied enough armored  vehicles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regiment fortifies armor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20041211/ai_n10042920]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment will be even more armored when it goes to war in Iraq early next year.    The regiment is undergoing a crash program to add armor to 500 wheeled vehicles now at Fort Carson designed for use away from battle lines. Prefabricated kits...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Army presses for faster armored Humvees production: official]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200412/ai_n8605543]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Amid a growing controversy over armor for troops in Iraq, the US Army pressed its sole supplier of armored Humvees to step up production after the maker said it had capacity to spare, a senior army spokesman said.  Army Secretary Francis Harvey called Armor Holdings Inc....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Military fires back on armor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200412/ai_n8611711]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration moved swiftly to quell criticism from troops Thursday by outlining plans to protect all military vehicles used in Iraq. But two companies under contract to the Pentagon said their offers to boost production went unheeded.  President Bush said he understood the troops' concerns and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former Middletown, Ohio, resident will lead effort to armor military vehicles.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200410/ai_n22255750]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Erica Ryan, Middletown Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Oct. 19--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- During the presidential debates,  Democratic  nominee Sen. John Kerry remarked that many of the  military's ground  transportation vehicles in Iraq are lacking  armor -- a problem that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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