Cool new Traveller tech in production Grimmund (08 May 2014 18:48 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Kurt Feltenberger (08 May 2014 18:55 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Jeffrey Schwartz (08 May 2014 20:09 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Bruce Johnson (08 May 2014 21:33 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Ian Whitchurch (08 May 2014 21:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Phil Pugliese (08 May 2014 22:34 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Bruce Johnson (08 May 2014 23:05 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Richard Aiken (09 May 2014 04:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Richard Aiken (09 May 2014 04:03 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Richard Aiken (09 May 2014 04:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Jeffrey Schwartz (09 May 2014 13:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Knapp (09 May 2014 20:19 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production W. Hopper (10 May 2014 16:15 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Knapp (10 May 2014 21:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cool new Traveller tech in production Phil Pugliese (09 May 2014 10:28 UTC)

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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