[Quqnoos] The US is going to send thousands of more anti-mine vehicles to protect American troops against roadside bombs
The top US officer, Admiral Mike Mullen Thursday said that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have become the sophisticated Taliban attacks against the new deployed troops in Afghanistan. According to Mullen, the US army will soon send thousands of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicles - built specifically for Afghan mission.
US top military commander predicated that the casualties of US personnel will spike during the upcoming tough months in the country, ahead of Afghan presidential and provincial council elections in August. "From an equipment standpoint, there's no higher priority than to get these vehicles in theater as rapidly as we can," Mike Mullen said.
"We're working hard to get the right vehicle in the right place at the right time," Mullen said. "But in the meantime, we're flowing thousands ... to Afghanistan to meet the needs that are there right now," he said.
Planting roadside bombs have turned to a usual tactical style for the Taliban militants in which many foreign forces have been harmed across the country. |