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Pentagon May Send Robotic 'Mule' to War

By Sharon WeinbergerSep 3rd 2010 – 7:00PM
Yuri Cortez, AFP / Getty Images

Yuri Cortez, AFP / Getty Images

(Sept. 3) -- In the 1980s, the CIA sent mules to Afghanistan to help ferry weapons to anti-Soviet fighters. Now, the U.S. military is looking to send robotic pack mules that can carry supplies around the battlefield and lighten the load of overburdened soldiers. Yuri Cortez, AFP / Getty Images The Pentagon thinks...

Background on rapid equipping force

The Rapid Equipping Force (REF) is a U.S. Army organization charged with providing Army units deployed globally with specialized and specific capabilities (materiel) quickly in order to affect the outcome of wars and battles.

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