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Old 7th Aug 2009, 07:08
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Without going into too much detail, haven't the safety critical areas of the aircraft already been identified and protected? The trouble with armour is that it is heavy and in hot and high conditions, extra weight is even more burdensome. Therefore some kind of compromise is required. Is the threat in Afghanistan so different from Iraq that operations in the former theatre are acceptable but not in the latter?
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