Digital Warfare System Adapted for Iraq

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - On mud-spattered computer screens in their Humvees, American soldiers scan digital street maps, monitor enemy positions, zoom in on individual buildings through satellite imagery and download instructions from commanders.

Back on base, senior officers watch raids unfold on large screens showing real-time footage from aerial drones and displaying maps with moving icons for ground and air forces. Their locations are tracked by global positioning satellites.

The two dozen components making up this high-tech digital warfare system are known as Army Battle Command Systems. The technologies, originally designed for battlefield combat involving tanks and helicopters, now are being adapted for hunting rebel leaders and trailing street fighters.

More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3575585,00.html

[LibertyorDeath]

1. That's all well & good especially if it saves lives but the USA

will still not win this one hi tech and all.

[Gman]

4. The North Vietnamese were at a huge technology advantage

but they would like throw stuff up in the air to get caught in a low flying fighter's turbines and cause it to crash. Having superior technology may minimize losses in battle, but it can't do a thing about a covert guerilla war.

[karlschneider]

6. Did you mean "disadvantage" in your subj line?

just wondering.....
;-)

[pinto]

2. Rumsfeld's dream machine...he loves this stuff. Here's a good

article from the Guardian (past Sept) that touches on the "new military" and their role as the Admin's "tool" in US foriegn policy.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1047850,00.html

[loudnclear]

3. JUst think, a testing stage for new weapontry. Don't we do this everytime

we want to test new WMDs?

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. A scary "truth" I fear is the WH WANTS a nuclear war

.
.
. The USA has more weapons of mass destruction than most of the world put together

. superior "delivery" systems

. and an itchy trigger finger.

NOW, the USA have the worst madmen at the helm in recent history.

And, . . the sheeples in the United States are too busy with their 200+ Entertainment Channels and video games to notice the reality of their own impending destruction at the hands of their OWN "leaders".

. . . . . . . .

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. Since the fall of the USSR, it seems the neocons have been drooling

for a chance to use nukes without fear of reprisal.

[PaDUer]

8. Agree, he definitely has

an itchy finger..this nutcase has been playing too many video games!