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Army's Cut of 'Future Soldier' May Impact Med-Tech
docinthemachine writes "The U.S. Army has decided to axe its $500 Million 'Land Warrior Soldier of the Future' program. If this goes through, the loss of future medical technology will be enormous. Many do not realize the enormous amount of medical technology that trickles down from the military. The program was working on develops new HUDs, 3D vision systems, and bioarmor. Surgeons today are using this technology (via DARPA) to develop new robotic surgery, bioimplants, intelligent prosthetics and more." That's the downside. The reason for the program's cutting is fairly obvious: "Unfortunately, land Warrior is part of the Army's Future Combat System (FCS) Initiative. This is the roadmap for an unprecedented hi-tech modernization of the Army. What new? How about an air force of completely unmanned remote controlled fighters- it's in the budget! Unfortunately, the entire project is so far over budget it becomes a target for cuts. Originally at $60 billion, then $127B, recent estimates have balooned to $300 billion total cost (yes that's billion with a B) and some are calling it the biggest military boondoggle ever."
iraq is finished, with a fork already stuck in it, america is merely left with the choice of what defeat is acceptable for her to take. based on this the expedition IS a boondoggle, the final bill is expected to reach 1 trillion dollars, when the dust is settled you will ask yourself if the bill in resources and human lives destroyed/incapacitated was worth it, i'm sure that your answer will be no, unless you believe vietnam was worth it as well, then discussing this with you is a moot point. face it, if 300 billion for the advancement of mankind (even if it means advancements with the potential to kill) is a boondoggle then 1 trillion spent to destroy a country and leave it worse off than it was previously is a catastophic event, once you add the amount of lives lost and incapacitated as well the cost becomes unnacceptable.