Re: The sad tale of FC soldiers in Waziristan and Balochistan
You make body armour sound so cheap.
The United Kingdom spends 15 times more money than Pakistan on its military, has fewer troops in combat zones, and STILL cannot afford body armour for them.
In other words, despite spending more money on less men, the UK, one of the world's richest countries, cannot afford body armour for most of its troops.
What makes you then think that a poverty-ridden country like Pakistan can do so?
UK is not at war in its country, it's soldiers that go to Afghanistan and Iraq, do wear body armour I believe? And we can give our soldiers armour vests without the heavier ceramic plates, it's still better than nothing and at least will protect against shrapnel. We need to set our priorities straight and not buy expense weapons that we will never use (F-16, submarines etc.) and invest in not only body armour but some type of armoured car with tires instead of tracks that is rugged and fairly affordable. Not fool proof but this would limit the number of deaths.
And soldiers always complain, so I wouldn't use that as the only reason to not have heavy body armour. The US soldiers do wear it after all.