president george w. bush welcoming 7 new states nato, march 29, 2004. left are: prime minister indulis emsis of latvia, prime minister anton rop of slovenia, prime minister algirdas brazauskas of lithuania, prime minister mikulas dzurinda of slovakia, president george bush, prime minister adrian năstase of romania, prime minister simeon saxe-coburg gotha of bulgaria, prime minister juhan parts of estonia, , nato secretary general jaap de hoop scheffer.
the historic decision of u.s. administration move conflict against terrorisms outside united states @ end of 2001 led invasion of afghanistan , iraq. radical change: u.s. had not deployed large infantry on hostile grounds since 1983. decision had implications u.s. allies. ground troops need modern types of equipment fight new infantry wars. modern armored vehicles become priority: more protected, faster, deployable, interconnected new digital wars. new vehicles must capable inter-operate @ several communication levels.
air superiority no longer decisive issue. capability control ground became paramount. human cost of new occupation wars due infantry lack of adequate protection. more half of deaths of u.s. , allies caused inadequate armoured protection.
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