I love how a tech article about some crappy gear that I'm glad I don't have to wear turns into a political discussion. Luckily the Marine Corps doesn't have money to buy this kind of crap. Does sound more useful than the nearly 3 billion dollars worth of jammers that we have here, though. And to answer an earlier question, yes the cameras have to be calibrated if they are to hit anything. And it *would* be nice to have thermal capabilites, but that would probably add at least 5 pounds. My flak jacket already ways 35+ pounds, and that is just one piece of gear. I personally would just like a pair of night vision goggles that work. Hopefully this doesn't waste the billions of dollars that the Blue Force Tracker (another Army project) has...
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I love how a tech article about some crappy gear that I'm glad I don't have to wear turns into a political discussion. Luckily the Marine Corps doesn't have money to buy this kind of crap. Does sound more useful than the nearly 3 billion dollars worth of jammers that we have here, though. And to answer an earlier question, yes the cameras have to be calibrated if they are to hit anything. And it *would* be nice to have thermal capabilites, but that would probably add at least 5 pounds. My flak jacket already ways 35+ pounds, and that is just one piece of gear. I personally would just like a pair of night vision goggles that work. Hopefully this doesn't waste the billions of dollars that the Blue Force Tracker (another Army project) has...