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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Conventional mine-deterrent vehicles deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan should see continued use despite plans for next-generation vehicles, a review says.
The next generation of mine-deterrent vehicles, the mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles, M-ATV, arrived in Afghanistan just three months after the Pentagon awarded its contract for the vehicle.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington the M-ATV deployment was an indication that U.S. forces "can deploy rapidly and operate more independently" because of its technological achievements.
A report on Military.com, a U.S. defense forum, says that while the deployment of the M-ATV is in line with the modernization plans for U.S. forces, the military must find uses for the current MRAPs purchased for Iraq and Afghanistan.
The report says that Iraq and Afghanistan are not the final theater of operations in the fight against "terrorism and dictator regimes" and therefore it is not the end for the MRAP.
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