Murray: Other nations have reached ‘parity’ with Abrams tank

By Courtney McBride / March 23, 2017 at 11:02 AM
The Army’s main battle tank “is still toward the top of its class” in the short term, but some foreign armies -- notably, Russia -- have caught up, according to the service’s deputy chief of staff (G-8). “I think we have parity,” Lt. Gen. Mike Murray told members of the Senate Armed Services airland subcommittee on March 22. “I think there is parity out there. I don’t think we have overmatch.” Asked to identify nations in possession of competitive systems,...

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