[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

“Before the counter-IED systems were put out, the kill ratio of a detonated IED was 70 percent,” Boardman said. “Now that we have the systems, the kill ratio of a detonated IED is 30 percent. That‘s why it‘s so important for units to be aware of our class and the EWCC.”

Orange County Register (NY Times sourced ) had a hit piece on the Army procurement problems on getting armor and these counter-IED systems . Titled "Pentagon missteps put troops at risk".

[TexKat]

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the 155th Brigade Combat Team, meet during a convoy briefing in front of a humvee at Camp Kalsu, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005. The team has been escorting members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who are repairing and constructing Iraqi police stations and schools throughout the Babil Province. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho

An Iraqi contractor paints the side of a police station in Babil, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is supervising projects to repair and construct Iraqi police stations and schools throughout the Babil Province. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the 155th Brigade Combat Team, escort members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as they pass a destroyed police vehicle while inspecting a Babil Police Station in Babil, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2005. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is repairing and constructing various Iraqi police stations and schools throughout the Babil Province. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho