We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/in_less_than_80.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification In less than 80 days, the turret prototype on this Humvee was taken from sketched concept to hard-core assembly. The igloo-shaped structure is designed to wrap around and over the turret gunner, thereby minimizing the sniper threat. The protective prototype?s development and testing was motivated by the death of Airman 1st Class Leebernard Chavis, who was killed by sniper fire in October 2006. First thing I thought when I saw that was,"Well, it's sure better than this for moving around in sniper-infested urban areas. And it really beats this one. And while this one is an improvement over the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/in_less_than_80.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/in_less_than_80.html Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:20:24 -0600