Soldiers Call for Engineering Tech Support

chuckfucter writes "Wired news writes that soldiers in the battlefield now have their own army of geek advisers whom they can contact whenever they need technical support. The stakes are much higher here, with troops asking about the structural integrity of bridges, roads, dams and airfields: Can this structure be safely used after sustaining damage from bombings?"

Comments

Re:ACE.

[AKAImBatman]

Actually, if you read the article, they're doing USACE type stuff. Examples given were load-bearing estimates, structural damage estimates, trajectory calculations, etc. Absolutely none of the stuff your average PC geek would do. It seems that when Wired picked up the story they decided that it needed more of a "geek" spin to it. *shrug*

Re:It's called AWACS

[WhatAmIDoingHere]

"MOAB penetrates deep underground"

Massive Ordinance AERIAL Burst.

Most of the rest of what you've said, the AWACS thing with facial recognition, is a bunch of fake shit too.