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MRAP has no prospects
In the last decade, the U.S. military (mostly Army and Marines) have bought about 20 000 vehicles MRAP (with protection from mines and ambushes). As soon as American troops began to withdraw from Iraq, many of these machines proved to be unsuitable for Afghanistan, where less expensive, and it was decided to develop for these conditions, the special design of the new MRAP.
In the end, most of these armored vehicles will be left without work. Some of them get into the store, but many will be put up for sale cheap. The problem is that the most likely buyers will not be much.
At first it was thought that the market will provide a peacekeeping operation. Security is often called into question in the areas of natural disasters or riots, and MRAP were seen as a potential solution for many organizations and countries that have security problems. In fact, the peacekeepers are rarely found in areas where there is active fighting. Such operations are called peacekeeping, and they are much less popular and less common than peace-keeping operations.
Another drawback is that the operation of MRAP expensive (over $ 10,000 per year). This is yet another deterrent to those involved in peacekeeping operations. Although the MRAP is ideal for areas where the threat is terrorists or criminals (with mines and bombs). However, in such places should be the military units ready for combat deysvtiyam, not peacekeepers and rescue workers.
American combat units that use the MRAP so far, to carry out combat missions is not often used combat vehicles on rough terrain. MRAP tied to the roads, their high center of gravity makes them too bulky for off-road operations.
As the U.S. to forswear war, similar to those held in Iraq and Afghanistan at the moment American troops are preparing for a more traditional military operations, that is, with lots of cars moving on the road. In this case, the majority of the 20,000 MRAP will not work, and with only a few potential buyers. Most of them will find their end in the warehouses where the content will cost several hundred dollars per year per machine. And after ten years or so, many components of MRAP deteriorate, resulting in the cost of bringing in the military state becomes very large. Their unique design (based on the V-shaped bottom) makes it too expensive to convert to commercial use (by removing the armor and other military components.) So it seems that MRAP will slowly decay over time, and then be scrapped. The cost of equipment, which can be removed from the MRAP and used in other machines, on average a third of a million dollars. But mostly MRAP in the end will be $ 10 billion invested in military technology, which at the end of the war finds its application.
Sergei Wei
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In the last decade, the U.S. military (mostly Army and Marines) have bought about 20 000 vehicles MRAP (with protection from mines and ambushes). As soon as American troops began to withdraw from Iraq, many of these machines proved to be unsuitable for Afghanistan, where less expensive, and it was decided to develop for these conditions, the special design of the new MRAP.
In the end, most of these armored vehicles will be left without work. Some of them get into the store, but many will be put up for sale cheap. The problem is that the most likely buyers will not be much.
At first it was thought that the market will provide a peacekeeping operation. Security is often called into question in the areas of natural disasters or riots, and MRAP were seen as a potential solution for many organizations and countries that have security problems. In fact, the peacekeepers are rarely found in areas where there is active fighting. Such operations are called peacekeeping, and they are much less popular and less common than peace-keeping operations.
Another drawback is that the operation of MRAP expensive (over $ 10,000 per year). This is yet another deterrent to those involved in peacekeeping operations. Although the MRAP is ideal for areas where the threat is terrorists or criminals (with mines and bombs). However, in such places should be the military units ready for combat deysvtiyam, not peacekeepers and rescue workers.
American combat units that use the MRAP so far, to carry out combat missions is not often used combat vehicles on rough terrain. MRAP tied to the roads, their high center of gravity makes them too bulky for off-road operations.
As the U.S. to forswear war, similar to those held in Iraq and Afghanistan at the moment American troops are preparing for a more traditional military operations, that is, with lots of cars moving on the road. In this case, the majority of the 20,000 MRAP will not work, and with only a few potential buyers. Most of them will find their end in the warehouses where the content will cost several hundred dollars per year per machine. And after ten years or so, many components of MRAP deteriorate, resulting in the cost of bringing in the military state becomes very large. Their unique design (based on the V-shaped bottom) makes it too expensive to convert to commercial use (by removing the armor and other military components.) So it seems that MRAP will slowly decay over time, and then be scrapped. The cost of equipment, which can be removed from the MRAP and used in other machines, on average a third of a million dollars. But mostly MRAP in the end will be $ 10 billion invested in military technology, which at the end of the war finds its application.
Sergei Wei
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