MOSUL, Iraq — For Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz, climbing into a Stryker armored personnel carrier for a tour of this northern city marked a vote of confidence in a controversial new technology untested in combat conditions until it made its recent debut in Iraq.
Critics had said the wheeled vehicle could not survive an attack by a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG, even with mesh-like grilles added for perilous patrols in Iraq.
Wolfowitz Takes a Spin in a Stryker
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By John Hendren, Times Staff Writer
MOSUL, Iraq — For Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz, climbing into a Stryker armored personnel carrier for a tour of this northern city marked a vote of confidence in a controversial new technology untested in combat conditions until it made its recent debut in Iraq.
Critics had said the wheeled vehicle could not survive an attack by a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG, even with mesh-like grilles added for perilous patrols in Iraq.
