Pentagon Orders Mine-Resistant Trucks

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Amazing the technology that comes out of war. Yes, a blast is very directional and it takes little effort to redirected it somewhere else - simply channaling the energy to get it to do what you want. However, I am still amazed at how something so simple can be so effective.

-S

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months....

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