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| 2005-08-13 |
| ADS has been ready to go for years, but not enough people high up in the food chain were willing to sign off on it. That may still be the case. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 This article is dated June 4. StrategyPage updated it with a posting on August 3 linked here at RB. After several years of talking about it, the U.S. Department of Defense is finally sending it’s Sheriff ADS (Active Defense System) to Iraq. |
| Posted by: GK 2005-08-13 19:35 |
| #1 This does not jibe with the announcement, about a week ago, that about 20 or so Sheriffs have been deployed to Iraq. At the time I speculated it might have been to have them available in time for the constitutional referendum and maybe the national elections, in case somebody tries to disrupt the proceedings with "rent-a-mobs". |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-08-13 19:33 |