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Military Tech: GPS and Networking

Posted by michael on from the lost-in-the-desert dept.

king of birds writes "The New York Times has an interesting article on the present military use of GPS. While some units have rather modern system that can graphically display locations of other troops, others rely on 10-year-old 5 channel receivers. Kind of odd when I can 12 channels on my civilian model (with admittedly lower spatial accuracy)." aaronvegh writes "From the Canadian Press, a story about how a US infantry division uses a system of transponders and servers to track friendly and enemy units, from the headquarters to inside individual tanks. Talk about total information awareness! No friendlies were harmed in the making of this story."

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  1. Sure, blame it on GPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Back in the times when there was no GPS, people actually managed not to shoot each other. Please, Americans, just admit that your officers are too dumb to lead your troops into battle.

  2. MOD PARENT DOWN: -1, President by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Go to hell, asswhipe.

  3. registration required by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    will these gay /. editors ever learn it?