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by dougb
MRAPs were designed for a specific field of war to meet a specific threat. As the war winds down, we don't need as many. The options appear to be limited. Junk them, store them, sell them to agencies that see a need for them.
A heavy 4wd with a high center seems like a good vehicle to have for emergencies-storms, floods, riots. In MN, the National Guard gets called out in winter to use tracked personnel carriers for rescue during blizzards. Large army trucks are used in floods.
As the cops have training (SWAT) and weapons most don't and already have armored vehicles available, I don't see this as increasing the risk of a coup d'etat by the cops. If the cops don't have them, the military does. As the military has several thousand MBTs in reserve storage and lots of ammo, how does a few MRAPs change anything?
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