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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there is no way that anyone is going to make this happen, let alone the broke-ass British, in 5 years.
The problem with adaptive camoflauge is that it is both heavy and remarkably useless when it comes to absorbing fire. AFVs might be able to mount it in two decades or so, at great cost, but an infantryman wouldn't even be able to carry the power source effectively, nor would he want to. Infantry are terribly difficult to hit under even the best circumstances, which is why we rely on things like thermal imaging, artillery, air strikes, and automatic weapons, any of which would render adaptive camoflauge useless.
I hate to be a pessimist, but this just isn't going to happen.
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Yes we're broke.
I believe things were even worse for us when we came up with a couple of war winners you might not have heard of....
Radar ?
Colosuss ?
Both pretty far fetched and impossible at the time ?
Innovation does not come out your pocket.
Lots of other things come out your pocket, but that might take us off topic to a dark place best not discussed or thought of.