DHS buying armored cars

August · 03-05-13, 09:31 AM

http://www.businessinsider.com/homel...ts-mrap-2013-3

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The Department of Homeland Security has acquired 16 military-style, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles for use inside the U.S., according to an official spokesman. The MRAP, as it's known in the U.S. military, was fielded in 2007 to counter the threat of devastating roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The vehicle has been modified for use with the DHS Special Response Team — specially trained, fully armored agents dispatched during the most severe and high risk situations, according to WOAI.
"[The vehicle] is used in the execution of high-risk warrants — including drug trafficking, smuggling, and contraband," Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for DHS, told Business Insider. "We have 16 MRAPs nationwide."

A few billion bullets are one thing but armored vehicles? What's next, tanks and artillery?

Video for the reading challenged.

Ducimus · 03-05-13, 09:37 AM

I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.

yubba · 03-05-13, 09:40 AM

Your welcome

don't forget the 50 million dollars they will give a mexican company for uniforms.

AVGWarhawk · 03-05-13, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by yubba

Your welcome

don't forget the 50 million dollars they will give a mexican company for uniforms.

I think they are compensated in peso.

Onkel Neal · 03-05-13, 09:41 AM

Oh, boy, here we go again.

nikimcbee · 03-05-13, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Oh, boy, here we go again.

Neal, please don't hijack August's thread with Whitesnake references!

nikimcbee · 03-05-13, 10:07 AM

When I saw "DHS", I thought it was Dept Human Services.

So now they can enter the Favelas, er I mean Detroit, safely.

Oberon · 03-05-13, 11:26 AM

Well, they've got to get their sofas to people somehow!

http://www.dfs.co.uk/

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	When I saw "DHS", I thought it was Dept Human Services. So now they can enter the Favelas, er I mean Detroit, safely. __________________

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yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Your welcome don't forget the 50 million dollars they will give a mexican company for uniforms.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Well, they've got to get their sofas to people somehow! http://www.dfs.co.uk/