When I asked Senator McCain about MRAP on Monday, some folks seemed confused. But there’s no doubt that the MRAP program, which seeks to replace up-armored Humvees in Iraq with sturdier, mine ...

In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...

Geez, this is unusual. I find myself in nearly complete agreement with one of the bloggers at TAPPED, the group blog run by the American Prospect. Robert Farley posts there today with a really ...

A Humvee, which has a flat bottom and rides much lower, traps the blast and shoves it up toward the crew. The MRAP's elevated geometry pushes the explosion out and away. "It doesn't matter how good ...

The Pentagon celebrated its Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle program at the Pentagon on Monday, but the biggest question was left hanging: did the nearly $50 billion investment in MRAPs make ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has cleared the U.S. Army to seek rush orders for up to seven times more specially designed armored vehicles to help protect troops in Iraq in a move that could be ...