Shades of the Rumsfeld era

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The main thing that bothers me about this situation is; weren't the helmets tested beforehand? If so, the procedures are dangerously flawed. A soldier should go into combat feeling that he's been given the best available equipment for both offense and defense. He shouldn't have to worry about his helmet shattering like glass because it wasn't properly tested.

Guys like Rumsfeld remind me of when the Henry repeating rifle was dismissed by the Army Ordinance Dept in 1861 because they thought the rapid firing weapons would cause the soldiers to waste ammunition.

In 1896, the US Army had still not developed smokeless powder like European armies. Subsequantly, during the battles in Cuba, many Americans lost their lives when firing their black powder armed Krag-Jorgensen rifles while the Spanish were armed with Mausers using smokeless powder.

Money should not be a concern when the lives of the military are at stake.