Blogging for Freedom

Question: "Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles and why don't we have those resources readily available to us?"

Answer: "It's essentially a matter of physics. It isn't a matter of money. It isn't a matter on the part of the Army of desire. It's a matter of production and capability of doing it..

You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and a tank can be blown up. And you can have an up-armored Humvee and it can be blown up."

The Truth : Sec. Donald Rumsfeld said that armor for the Humvees was being produced at maximum capacity. However, a company that makes armored Humvees said they offered to increase production by 22%, which would create an additional 50-100 Humvees per month. Sierra Army Depot, a company that makes Humvee kits, said they could increase production by 150%. The Pentagon, however, never responded to the offers.