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The Soldier of the Future

Posted by samzenpus on from the phased-plasma-rifle-in-40-watt-range dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Land Warrior, the Army's wearable electronics package, was panned earlier this year by the troops who were testing it out. They were forced to take the collection of digital maps and next-gen radios to war, anyway. Now, Wired's Noah Shachtman reports from Iraq, those same soldiers are starting to warm up to their soldier suits of the future."

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  1. Moral neutrality of technology by shanen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I would have put my comment as a reply to this post had I seen it earlier, but here's the link backwards:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=309599&cid=20762951

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