"Are we sure that the military is certain about what it needs?" Not if we mean the US Army.
... The planning documents obtained by The Times said U.S. Army 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas, and 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) at Fort Hood, Texas, will be converted into SBCTs [Stryker Brigades] began in 2011 and tax fiscal 2012, respectively, and will have 24 months to become fully operational.Another aerial combat brigade would be built, with assets of aviation reassigned by ACR Longknife Squadron 3's, especially AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, and equipment and other monitored activities of heavy units to undergo the conversion will be redistributed the heavy Army BCTs [brigade] if necessary. The Army wants the first option in its new effort to combat the mass of the vehicle to provide the mobility of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, but with better protection, according to a briefing last week's Infantry Warfighting Conference in Columbus, Georgia .The briefing delivered by Donald Sando, the director of skills development and integration at the Army Maneuver Center Ft Benning, Georgia, outlines the characteristics of design guidelines for the initiative, which will replace the fence Future Combat Systems' with ground crew vehicle component....
