Army Axing High-Tech Uniforms, "Future"

[SUBMAN1]

Unbelievable. In an age where technology like this is invaluable, you get these brilliant minds that want to axe it.

-S

The Army made a big decision (http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002872.html), back in October. After 15 years and a half-billion dollars in development, the service would finally take Land Warrior (http://www.gdc4s.com/documents/LandWarrior083105.pdf), its ensemble of high-tech soldier gear, to war for the first time. The collection of radios, GPS-locators, and next-generation rifle scopes wasn't perfect -- far from it. But, for infantrymen who typically don't even have a walkie-talkie, it was an important first step towards plugging the average soldier into battlefield network.

But, just six weeks later, the Army appears to have reversed itself. According to Inside Defense (http://defense.iwpnewsstand.com/), service financiers have decided to kill off Land Warrior in its 2008 budget (http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,120100,00.html). It's one of a number of high-tech programs slated for big cuts by the Army.........


http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003044.html

[Polak]

I think that it is a bit early for a system like Land Warrior to work on the battlefield.
Today a Land Warrior system has more weaknesses than advantages.

Meanwhile you can look at this video from Iraq, Land Warrior in use;):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3mGb5QdZ1g&eurl=

[SUBMAN1]

I think that it is a bit early for a system like Land Warrior to work on the battlefield.
Today a Land Warrior system has more weaknesses than advantages.

Meanwhile you can look at this video from Iraq, Land Warrior in use;):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3mGb5QdZ1g&eurl=
It is not early at all since it was just deployed. Its finial version incorporating nanotechnology and superhuman strength is not possible yet, but the scopes and sights definetly are and in use right now. Simply being able to shoot around a corner in an urban enviro is need enough not to kill it, especially in Iraq!

-S

I like thier version of it though!!! :)

[Polak]

I know that the system is operational, but I think that it is a bit to early for a system like that to work efficiently. I read somewhere a while ago that the equipment used in the "Land Warrior" breakes down easilly(as allways when you have a lot of stuff, something is bound to brake:-?). Energy, to power the system is also a problem. It's not a problem in Iraq when you go out on patrols and come back in a couple of hours.
But if you think of a bigger conflict where the soldiers would have to fight for a longer time, maybe even without any supply, then you will quickly run in to problems with lacking energy to power the system.

[SUBMAN1]

I know that the system is operational, but I think that it is a bit to early for a system like that to work efficiently. I read somewhere a while ago that the equipment used in the "Land Warrior" breakes down easilly(as allways when you have a lot of stuff, something is bound to brake:-?). Energy, to power the system is also a problem. It's not a problem in Iraq when you go out on patrols and come back in a couple of hours.
But if you think of a bigger conflict where the soldiers would have to fight for a longer time, maybe even without any supply, then you will quickly run in to problems with lacking energy to power the system.

They have fuel cells for that, but I do not know if those have been deployed yet.

-S