The AK-47 may be cheap, reliable, and ubiquitous, but it's not, according to the U.S. Army, the ticket to a modern military. That's why the U.S. military in Afghanistan is working to equip the Afghan National Army with M16s.Col. Thomas McGrath, the commander of Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-South, told bloggers on a Friday conference call that the M16 equipping effort, so far, appears to be going well. McGrath argues that the M16 is a "better weapon" that teaches soldiers how to....
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