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DARPA's Map-Based Wiki Keeps Platoons Alive
blackbearnh writes "One of the biggest problem that a platoon on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan faces is that when a new unit cycles in, all the street-sense and experience of the old unit is lost. Knowing where insurgents like to plant IEDs, or even which families have a lot of domestic disputes, can spell the difference between living and dying. In response to this, DARPA created TIGR, the Tactical Ground Reporting System. Developed as much on the ground in active warzones as in a lab, TIGR lets platoons access the latest satellite and drone imagery in an easy-to-use map based interface, as well as recording their experiences in the field and accessing the reports of other troops. In this O'Reilly Radar interview, two of the people responsible for the development of TIGR talk about the intel issues that troops face in hostile territory, the challenges of deploying new technology meant for combat areas, the specific tricks that they had to employ to make TIGR work over less-than-robust military networking, and how TIGR is impacting platoons in their day to day operations"
There's no Iraq war. Obongo promised to retreat. Obongo is the secular messiah and is incapable of lying or making mistakes. I.E., there is no more Iraq war.
On a serious note, it is interesting to note that the level of shrieking about the Iraq war has gone waaaay down since February. I guess the 4th branch of government, the liberal media, doesn't plan to hold Obungler's feet to the fire on this issue. Sorry Obamabots. Hope and change = fairy dust and rainbows.
The more that get killed by so-called insurgents, the better. It's a suitable price to pay for invading Iraq.
get the f*ck out of there and there will be 1) no dying and 2) no need for such tools. keep enthropy of the Universe low.
Sounds like a great and useful tool for oppressed people to fight back against occupying armies, be they domestic or foreign. Wonder how practical it would be to make em and just give em away to people for free...
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The only "hacking" practiced in Afghanistan is when the Taliban punish a woman for showing off a sliver of her skin.
Those bastards... they ought to stuff her full of birth control, stick her in a minimum wage job and force her to have sex with her boss. That's how decent folk treat their women...
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