Israel has Anti-RPG tanks that are ready to go to our troops, that need them desperately.
But Raytheon has a contract with the Army to make their own RPGs, from scratch.
THey will be ready in 2011.
So our troops won't get their tanks.
http://msnbc.msn.com/...
RPGs have killed nearly 40 Americans in Afghanistan and more than 130 in Iraq, including 21-year-old Pvt. Dennis Miller.
"They were in Ramadi, and his tank was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade," says Miller's mother, Kathy. "Little Denny never knew what hit him."
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Last year, a special Pentagon unit thought it found a solution in Israel -- a high-tech system that shoots RPGs out of the sky. But in a five-month exclusive investigation, NBC News has learned from Pentagon sources that that help for U.S. troops is now in serious jeopardy.
The system is called "Trophy," and it is designed to fit on top of tanks and other armored vehicles like the Stryker now in use in Iraq.
I guess the answer to Cindy's question: The worthy cause is.....Raytheon profits.
Ugh, I feel sick