Modern Survival Blog (picked up and rebroadcast by
Gateway Pundit) is sounding an alarm about 2,700 MRAPs having been bought by Homeland Defense for use as internal security vehicles in the US. Quoting from MSB:
The Department of Homeland Security (through the U.S. Army Forces Command) recently retrofitted 2,717 of these ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ vehicles for service on the streets of the United States.
Although I’ve seen and read several online blurbs about this vehicle of late, I decided to dig slightly deeper and discover more about the vehicle itself.
The new DHS sanctioned ‘Street Sweeper’ (my own slang due to the gun ports) is built by Navistar Defense (NavistarDefense.com), a division within the Navistar organization. Under the Navistar umbrella are several other companies including International Trucks, IC Bus (they make school buses), Monaco RV (recreational vehicles), WorkHorse (they make chassis), MaxxForce (diesel engines), and Navistar Financial (the money arm of the company).
If true, a troubling development on how the Federal Government is looking internally.
But color me a touch sceptical.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2013/03/homeland_defens_1.html
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Mar 04 2013, 04:40 AM
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