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Plan9 · 04-06-2010, 07:49 AM

This thread is full of delicious Monday Morning Quarterbacking.

The technology used by our armed forces, even in multi-million dollar aircraft, is still 10 years behind everything else. Visual identification of friend-or-foe is wholly determined by this technology. War doesn't move in seconds anymore; it's nanoseconds. If I see you running with a gun-shaped object in your hand and I'm engaged in a fire fight, I have to assume it's a gun and act accordingly.

IIRC, the Blue Force Tracker, the vehicle navigation system used by the US Army, still uses Windows 95-era hardware and software.

04-06-2010, 07:49 AM	#17 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	This thread is full of delicious Monday Morning Quarterbacking. The technology used by our armed forces, even in multi-million dollar aircraft, is still 10 years behind everything else. Visual identification of friend-or-foe is wholly determined by this technology. War doesn't move in seconds anymore; it's nanoseconds. If I see you running with a gun-shaped object in your hand and I'm engaged in a fire fight, I have to assume it's a gun and act accordingly. IIRC, the Blue Force Tracker, the vehicle navigation system used by the US Army, still uses Windows 95-era hardware and software. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 04-06-2010 at 08:04 AM..