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Old 01-18-11, 10:36 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike View Post
I think very soon we will see portable ISAR sets at least on vehicles if not man portable. Which would mean visual masking isn't very important unless you are fighting the low tech Taliban or what not and even then its kinda obvious who you are.

Honestly I see this tech as a real money hole.
Think of it this way: If we could install this kind of tech on a Stryker or HMMWV, and it worked - would you say that it would make it harder for someone to command-detonate an IED, for instance? As a scout, I would have LOVED tech that made me harder to spot.

Money hole? Oh, heck yeah. Somebody in an R&D lab is laughing all the way to the bank, for sure.
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