DHS buying armored cars

[August]

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

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?



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