Interesting! I kinda agree though - all that technology seems like overkill.
Heh: By 2015, the Pentagon envisions a seamless communications network that
connects Washington to the front lines in real time. Much of the technology exists today. Soldiers equipped with new radios as part of the Land Warrior System *(1)* are linked to Stryker infantry vehicles *(2)* to coordinate tank and helicopter support. Joint Node Networks *(3)*, truck-mounted communications equipment, offer network access to the platoons. Those networks also enable troops to send video clips directly to the Tactical Operations Center *(4)*. The center relays orders between Navy ships *(5)*and aircraft *(6)* from other branches of the military. Software known as the Command Post of the Future *(7)* acts as a mobile hub to connect the battlefield and the Pentagon. Orders can be relayed to the Prophet mobile electronics array *(8)*, which jams enemy equipment, and to Future Combat Systems vehicles *(9)* that will be deployed over the next decade. Upgraded military satellites *(10)* will be launched by 2010 to form a new backbone for the system.
Am I the only one who kept thinking "Skynet!" while reading that? ;)
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