This whole "war on terror" thing sometimes reminds us a bit of that comic "Spy vs. Spy" -- each time we turn around, another company comes out with a way to ratchet espionage tech up a notch. We thought that the
Lethal Frisbee UAV was cool, but we just found something that might in fact be a bit sweeter. Meet the "Phantom Sentinel," the latest from VeraTech Aero in Minnesota, which is a boomerang-like device for spying on our crafty foes on the other side. Apparently, as the
UAV rotates it becomes nearly invisible in the sky while its cam takes quick snapshots of the scene below, then transmits them back to a soldier on the ground. We're assuming that those crazy goggles the other G.I. is wearing in this photo are able to translate that dizzying number of spinning images to something that a human brain can make sense of.
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posted Sep 30th 2006 9:26AM
The G.I.s look like a couple of hoodies from the south Palo area in California. The last time I saw a bro with camoz around his ancles like he was a ganster, was in a gang bang video. Like WTF is up with those soilders and the drawz that make them look 12 and in the south Bronx wearing whitey Urban Wear?!
Those aren't US troops. We don't wear that style of desert camo anymore. Haven't in years...
It is most likely just a promotional picture by the company
Who are the promoting to 50 and the G-Unit?
Hope they dont get sued by Timothy Roberts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(game_system)
Maybe the goggles help them see it as it spins?
Is that a guy or a girl throwing that boomerang?
Why is that "GI" wearing a bracelet? Why are both of them NOT wearing their Dog Tags? Those are Abercrombie and Fitch models.
NO sheet, man. The Gap's G-Unit outfitters emporium division fo sho.
That photo makes the product look like a toy. Those kids don't look like GI's. They look like preteen boys.
looks like the guy with boomerang is about to smack it on the nightvision dude
the problem with this pic is the lack of depth of field, hell it might be taken with disposable camera, with infinity lense..
"Spy vs. Spy" implies that the other side is actually improving their tech as well. A better analogy would be, "Spy".
This looks like a lame press photo from some even lamer electro-industrial band.
I could totally see this on the inside flap of a Funker Vogt album.
"I see with the eyes of the hunter
No one can escape
I am a devil of a gunman
For you it is too late"
:-)
yeh, "the whole "war on terror" thing" is obviously taken real serious by the blogger based on putting it in sarcastic quotes. It must be nice to earn a living sitting in air conditioning typing on your computer while other 20 year olds are out getting shot. Oh, and those are not U.S. troops.
Umm, guys... The kids in the picture are about 16. Obviously they're not soldiers based on that alone, regardless of the mountain of other evidence. Why are we even discussing the possibility? Wake up, guys lol.
And the US politicians/military whines when China develops laser technology to blind US Spy satellites.
"But why can't we spy on you? Wahh!!!"
That thing is awesome. When my parent's generation went to war, all they had were swift boats and napalm.
What about pricing and availability?
I'm hoping they have a version for the overspending, non-saving, debt-ridden and gossip-obsessed American, 'cause I'd buy it!
There's this thing called a periscope... it's cheap, silent, doesn't take batteries, and always works.
WOW!!! So many comments on the dorks in the picture. As a former solider assigned to the Battle Lab at Ft. Gordon allow me to clear things up a little? Companies trying to sell their goods to the U.S. Military often do not get to borrow troops for photo shoots until it actually gets put into consideration and testing at a prooving ground. Yes they hire cheap models or use friends, employees, etc. They also use equipment often times far more holywood then what we actually used. It's called advertising.
I think that giant with the advanced lawn edger is about to beat his midget friend over the head.