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The US and UK have embarked on programmes to develop new families of mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles that are light and mobile enough to deal with the haggard terrain and minimal roads of Afghanistan, but protected enough to withstand Taliban attacks, mines and IEDs/roadside bombs. Here's what they've come up with so far.
Writer: Nick Brown
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