tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post3002970108707986909..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Soldiers of the future (programs)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-2222991493331903802012-11-10T16:42:10.972+01:002012-11-10T16:42:10.972+01:00Afaik it's on some reading list(s), but not su...Afaik it's on some reading list(s), but not sure if required.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-6962479106682696212012-11-10T15:09:27.826+01:002012-11-10T15:09:27.826+01:00Isn't Heinlein's one of the few fiction wo...Isn't Heinlein's one of the few fiction works in the required reading list for officers in the US?<br />With the suit and tactics comes along a society organized for that kind of soldier.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272145044924472993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-27408011066441914562009-09-06T20:09:47.534+02:002009-09-06T20:09:47.534+02:00Infantry in wealth countries really aren't che...Infantry in wealth countries really aren't cheap, when you consider the the cost of training and other "life cycle" costs. <br /><br />And especially the political and moral costs of losing them in combat.B.Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650152449414871058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-15065233774223235872009-09-05T21:33:53.580+02:002009-09-05T21:33:53.580+02:00These programs have always struck me as far too ex...These programs have always struck me as far too expensive, complicated, fragile, and heavy to be deployed on a large scale. Not only are electronics and optics easily damaged, but it adds another logistical problem: electricity. Maybe they could be deployed on a limited level with special mechanized heavy infantry, but a general deployment of the system to all infantry would negate one of the infantry's main advantages: they're cheap.Dr. Lunynoreply@blogger.com