[sauropod]

I'm sorry, but I don't think getting rid of tanks and other "heavy" weapons systems is very far-sighted. Pyne is right.

[walden]

What do military folks think?

[reluctantwarrior]

The plan to eliminate the tanks is half the story...by 2025 the Future Combat System will replace the "eliminated" tanks. This guy is selling snake oil to the uninformed. I agree that keeping lethal systems is essential but by 2025 the M1 will be 50 years old, maybe we should eliminate it if there is a better system.

[Bombard]

The year 2025 is the date given for the end of phase out of the heavy divisions. That is 21 years from now. Who can say what military technology will be like by then. To say that heavy weapons of today will be needed by then is ignoring the advances that the military has seen in the last 25 years. It is likely that todays heavy weapons will be the dinosaurs of the battlefield by 2025.

[Chief_Joe]

I'm sorry, but I don't think getting rid of tanks and other "heavy" weapons systems is very far-sighted. Pyne is right

He' more than right: he's absolutely right. Anybody with soldiering experience and has been following the Iraqi Operation knows we need more not less heavy mech. Just go ask those that are fighting if they if they'd rather be in Bradleys and M1s or HUMVEES.