Mike in the news again, EFP kit for MRAP's

Plan calls for more armor on new combat vehicles



This USA Today article details the MRAP (Mine Resistant Abush Protected) Task Force's solution to EFP's (explosively formed projectiles).

From the article:

The Pentagon's method for combating EFPs involves adding armor to the sides of MRAPs, Brig. Gen. Michael Brogan said in an interview with USA TODAY. The armor is a modified version of what the military calls Frag Kit 6, Brogan said."I have a solution for EFPs, and I'm going to put it on the trucks I've already bought," Brogan said.

The military tested the armor at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland by firing explosives at it. EFPs fire a slug of metal at high speeds that penetrate armor and spray pieces of shrapnel that can kill or injure the troops inside the vehicle.

Of course the article has to contain some negative comments from Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del), a democrat presidential hopeful. As if Biden has been right on top of the EFP issue for the last three years rather than being merely negative and critical of the war effort.