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Bomb Buster for Iraq Hits Pentagon Snag
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Army brass says a device that destroyed 90% of roadside explosives in tests needs further study. Marine Corps decides to bypass the bureaucracy.

By Mark Mazzetti
Times Staff Writer

February 12 2006

WASHINGTON; A new high-tech vehicle that destroys roadside bombs has passed a series of U.S. military tests but has not yet been sent into battle, prompting charges that Pentagon bureaucracy is slowing the effort to protect American troops in Iraq.

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