Posted on 03/06/2009 8:45:19 AM PST by pabianice
The U.S. Army is to invest $6 million in riot equipment, a fact that has furthered fears that troops will be used inside the U.S. in order to quell any civil unrest resulting from the ongoing economic crisis.
The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, based at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has a post on the Federal Business Opportunities website, requesting the equipment and has received several notices of interest from potential vendors.
The request titled “84–RIOT EQUIPMENT” outlines the need for hard polyethylene Shin and Chest Guards, shock absorbing Forearm Protectors, Interior leg brace supports as well as knee and ankle protectors.
The ACA asks that the equipment be able to “safely withstand a substantial blow… from non-ballistic weapons or flying debris”.
The Solicitation also states:
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 453998 with a small business size standard of $6M. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids.
Interested vendors include Irish Brigade inc., manufacturers of hunting and safety gear with facilities located in the heart of Kansas City , Missouri. Federal and Military resource company MCLEARVISION, LLC is another interested party, as is Kentucky based U. S. CAVALRY STORE, INC.
In our article yesterday we highlighted the fact that Urban warfare training drills are taking place across the country as top analysts as well as officials predict a potential “summer of rage” across Europe and America as civil unrest from the economic fallout builds.
Are such drills really for the purpose of preparing troops for foreign combat zones? Undoubtedly - but other factors indicate that the drills may very well also be aimed at preparing troops for dealing with mass civil unrest as the economic crisis worsens.
There’s no question that U.S. authorities have been closely observing riots that have toppled governments in Iceland and Latvia and also threatened to do so in several other European countries. The fact that they have contingency plans in place to deal with such scenarios should they unfold in America cannot be disputed.
Indeed, before a media exposé forced them into a denial, Northcom revealed that one of the duties of at least 20,000 active duty troops that are being placed inside the United States would be dealing with “civil unrest and crowd control”.
The U.S. Army War College in November released a white paper called Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development. The report warned that the military must be prepared for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States,” which could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse,” “purposeful domestic resistance,” “pervasive public health emergencies” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.” The “widespread civil violence,” the document said, “would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security.”
Tell your brother to think again.
L
So you are saying the will fire on Americans?
FROM 2010 on?
>> ACORN and the census manipulation will do the trick
They will have major influence — in a CLOSE election.
I’m not sure it’ll be all that close, if Bambi puts down riots and sheds citizens’ blood.
Call me an optimist.
For some reason this reminds me of the story of the British commander-in-chief in India, General Sir Charles Napier, who was informed that suttee was an ancient and accepted custom with a religious basis, and that suppressing it would cause resentment. Napier replied:
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”
No they didnt the LOCAL POLICE DID...and got sued over it...and LOST BIG TIME
This article is from inforwars ALEX JONES 9/11 was an inside job FREAKS...
http://www.infowars.com/us-army-to-buy-6-million-of-riot-equipment/
Dont forget...jones peddled his crap under clinton too...
2008 was a “live rehearsal” for ACORN
and those thugs at the PA polling place
Ha, and everyone thought he was going to cut back on military spending.
What are they going to stand against- a nuclear power?
LOL.
(/sarc.)
Like this is a surprise. Amazing though how ACORN gets billions, and the military gets millions. Billions wont even help with all the kings men against the common US citizen with the right to bear arms.
Hello?...alex jones...
http://www.infowars.com/us-army-to-buy-6-million-of-riot-equipment/
9/11 was an inside job?...hello?
I guess he doesn't remember Kent State or Wounded Knee, huh?
I think they would. My brother in law is a Captain in the army. He said he would love to be called in to quell a riot so he could give someone the butt of his rifle.
As the owner of a company that sells to the military I had to comment on this.
This article is absurd. The bid for Ft. Leavenworth is not for $6M of riot equipment. It was only calling for 55 sets of riot gear.
The bid was already awarded for under $20k.
The $6M provision in the bid is for small-business qualification. In order to qualify bid on it the small business had to do no more than $6M in business per year. If the company did more than $6M they could not bid on it.
>> At least it is defensive in nature.
It’s gotta be hard to run while wearing all that sh!t.
Polyethelene doesn’t do a great job of stopping bullets, either.
I’ll be moving light and fast. Shorts, running shoes, ammo belt.
My thoughts exactly.
PS - I do not think there is a Constitutionla prohibition against using the military to quell civil disturbance. It worked pretty well for them at kent State, after all.
And so it begins.
actually there is much more than what is described above on fbo.gov
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=list&tab=list
Umm, the WANA / WBTS?
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