Because the striker is lock on (bad one at that due to the very long lock on delay) flares are very often used to thwart the oncoming missiles....
Judging by the latest stats... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmUavphHXmIxdFhHUzJfN1VYalRnWS0xMnBUdTJpM1E&gid=25 the stryker leads...
TR numbers are steadily going down, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmUavphHXmIxdFhHUzJfN1VYalRnWS0xMnBUdTJpM1E&gid=2 Seems new...
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