Modified Humvee vehicles from the 1st Battalion 200th Air Defense Artillery
of the New Mexico National Guard are shown Friday, July 30, 2004, at the
unit's headquarters in Roswell, N.M. About 200 Guard members soon will bolster
air defenses near Washington, D.C., in these modified vehicles, carrying
up to 288 Stinger missiles. Each Humvee has a turret with 8 missile launchers
on top, and there are 36 of the vehicles to be used under the Avenger weapons
system, Air Defense Artillery, Maj. Ken Nava said Friday. (AP Photo/Roswell
Daily Record, Andrew Poertner) |
Modified Humvee vehicles from the 1st Battalion 200th Air Defense Artillery
of the New Mexico National Guard are shown Friday, July 30, 2004, at the
unit's headquarters in Roswell, N.M. About 200 Guard members soon will bolster
air defenses near Washington, D.C., in these modified vehicles, carrying
up to 288 Stinger missiles. Each Humvee has a turret with 8 missile launchers
on top, and there are 36 of the vehicles to be used under the Avenger weapons
system, Air Defense Artillery, Maj. Ken Nava said Friday. (AP Photo/Roswell
Daily Record, Andrew Poertner) |
A military Humvee with an Avenger anti-aircraft missile launcher on top sits
parked near the Pentagon Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002. Defense Secretary Donald
H. Rumsfeld ordered the launchers placed around Washignton as a "prudent
precaution" on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) |
Security and construction underway to enhance security is seen on Capitol
Hill Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003. Avenger anti-aircraft missiles have been stationed
around Washington, along with extra radars, and the Air Force has stepped
up its combat air patrols over the capital. (AP Photo/Terry Ashe) |