Except the land warrior is tested in all kinds of conditions, is 100% stable, has long MTBF and is generally a solid system. Your smartphone is made from cheap parts, isn't proven to be reliable, is made overseas, etc etc. It's the same kind of difference between building some cheap consumer-grade PC and claiming that it's better than a $5000 ruggedized server rack.
The military is 5-10 years behind civilian tech? Really? The answer is no, not really.
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Except the land warrior is tested in all kinds of conditions, is 100% stable, has long MTBF and is generally a solid system. Your smartphone is made from cheap parts, isn't proven to be reliable, is made overseas, etc etc. It's the same kind of difference between building some cheap consumer-grade PC and claiming that it's better than a $5000 ruggedized server rack. The military is 5-10 years behind civilian tech? Really? The answer is no, not really.