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London: Former army officers on Friday defended the decision to deploy Viking vehicles to southern Afghanistan as the Ministry of Defence began investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of a senior commander and a soldier. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond were killed on Thursday when their armoured Viking track vehicle was blown up by a "huge" bomb as their convoy was heading for Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. The Viking cross-country vehicles are due to be replaced in Afghanistan by more than 100 new, larger and more heavily armoured tracked vehicles to be known as Warthogs, while a further 100 Jackal all-terrain vehicles will also be purchased. As attention focused on the Vikings, former officers defended their use and suggested that military planners have been... [read full story]
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