Predator-Style Helmets Allow Pilots to See Through Planes

nitroy2k writes "It is only the neck and shoulders that prove there is a human being in there somewhere. And this isn't any Star Trek or Final Fantasy kind of trick, but the next generation of RAF fighter pilots' look, which kinda makes you wish you were in the army." And you thought Air Wolf had badass headgear.

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Subject far more complex than it seems

[franois-do]

True, restituting in front of you the image of what is behind you, though not perfectly, is quite seducing and does provide one of the best possible camouflages, much better than the static ones.

But..

... the problem is that if you do it in only one direction, you can only fool people who are exactly in that direction. If you have to face a battlefront which extends on many miles, it just cannot work anymore.

Unless you get multidirectional lenses and multidirectional LCDs (or whatever), which looks like a very different problem, one for which we do not seem to have solutions (but of course if the militaries have a solution, they will not shout it in the streets ;-) )

Re:Air Wolf

[meringuoid]

And of course we know those "surgical strikes" never go astray, killing wedding parties or friendly forces, right?

From what I've seen in the news, these have generally been the fault of the guys picking out targets, not of the technology. Precision is very good now - the bomb hits exactly what it was supposed to hit. Unfortunately, that isn't always something it was a good idea to be shooting at.

Historically: 'OK, British troops there, enemy troops there... FIRE!... oh, shit, we missed, and those Brits look really pissed off.'
Nowadays: 'OK, bunch of guys down there... are they Americans? No? OK, FIRE!... oh, shit, there are allies in the area? Shit, we're going to jail...'