Why ‘troubled’ Ajax tanks are making a comeback

Why ‘troubled’ Ajax tanks are making a comeback

Trials of the British Army’s Ajax armoured vehicles are set to resume, despite major delays amid concern for soldiers’ safety. Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard announced in Parliament that “strict new controls” for the vehicles, long thought to be the future of Britain’s combat strategy, will be put in place.The Ajax fleet is “expensive, noisy and eight years late”, said Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor at Sky …