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Cheetah in Afghanistan?

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Date: Mon, May 12 2008 2:48 pm
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I have been deployed to Afghanistan for 14 months, in an area with a high population of Special Operations soldiers. I am familiar with BAE and Force Protection models, at least enough to be able to immediately recognize them. Only in the last two months, I have twice spotted the Cheetah in Bagram, though not traveling as part of a convoy. In my opinion, use of the Cheetah makes sense in Afghanistan because of its range and superior maneuverability. I suspect that Afghanistan was chosen as the best location for testing its capabilities. I'm not sure that a Cheetah sighting in an operational environment is news to anyone, but thought it was worth mentioning anyway.