If it protects our sons and husbands against an IED or grenade launcher, and lasts another 20 years, is it worth the investment?
it won’t. even an ABRAMS can be destroyed by an IED. there is always a tradeoff. the MERKAVA and ABRAMS were designed with crew survivabilty the number 1 priority and they are the best tanks in the world (maybe LEOPARD 2A6 is there too). if this isn’t a technological leap forward, the money can be better used on more troops and more training.
there is an ubholy obession with hardware in the pentagon.
They don’t drive around in the original humvee anymore, eh?