Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production
Kurt Feltenberger 08 May 2014 18:55 UTC
On 5/8/2014 2:48 PM, Grimmund wrote:
> Another cool toy for gunheads to drool over:
>
> http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/envg-iii-fws-i-point-and-shoot-night-vision-023935/
>
> If I am reading this correctly, the weapon site has a wireless link to
> the matched night vision goggles, allowing the operator to see the
> site picture through the gogles without having to put their head
> behind the weapon.
>
> That would be pretty cool. You can now fire around corners and over
> walls without having to fire blind.
>
> Dan
This will be nice to put money in people's pockets and push the tech
forward, but I can't see wireless devices like this being viable on the
battlefield...unless you're hunting Haji and even then he's becoming
much more advanced. All you need is a good jammer to disrupt the signal
and the device loses it's benefit.
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