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Mon May-14-07 07:14 AM
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Wouldn't you think that our soldiers would carry some kind of tracking device on their person? |
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Because if they don't they should. Hell, my cell phone has GPS and can be tracked anywhere. I don't get this? Something doesn't seem right here.
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Mon May-14-07 07:20 AM
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And if it's the kind of money that isn't ending up into the coffers of the BFEE, then there is no reason for the BFEE to support it.
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Mon May-14-07 07:21 AM
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2. Could the opposition also track them if they had them? |
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Mon May-14-07 07:22 AM
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5. that was my thought also.... |
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Edited on Mon May-14-07 07:34 AM by hlthe2b
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Mon May-14-07 07:22 AM
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3. When the White House could profit from supplying our troops up with |
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GPS...THAT'S when our troops will get them.
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Mon May-14-07 07:22 AM
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4. The regime doesn't even provide them with proper armor |
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Do you expect them to provide navigation or some form of finding them?
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Mon May-14-07 07:26 AM
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6. I imagine that equipment is taken from them. |
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Insurgents want body armor and equipment.
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Mon May-14-07 07:26 AM
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7. It's probably in the works as we speak: |
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The notorious VeriChip is reportedly lobbying the Defense Department to implant RFID tags in soldiers as a replacement for dog tags, according to news reports.
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Mon May-14-07 07:28 AM
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8. Yes, but wouldn't it end up stripped off them shortly after capture? |
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Mon May-14-07 07:29 AM
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9. RFID tags can be placed subcutaneously |
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Mon May-14-07 07:31 AM
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10. And are easily detected and cut out. |
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Mon May-14-07 07:34 AM
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11. So, what technology do you propose? |
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Mon May-14-07 08:37 AM
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14. RFID is passive and short distance. nt. |
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Mon May-14-07 07:41 AM
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12. My snowboard pants have such a device sewn right in. |
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And I paid less than $100 for them.
Too bad we aren't fighting in Siberia. Or Whistler.
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Mon May-14-07 08:36 AM
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That would be silly. It would be detected and removed. How are you going to hide a device with enough power to broadcast its location any meaningful distance?
Ok, suppose you did come up with such a device. It would work about once. After that the insurgents would just not take prisoners.
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Mon May-14-07 10:22 AM
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15. Tim McVeigh thought they did |
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Mon May-14-07 10:26 AM
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I don't know if I like that. Where there is electronics, there is a capacity to be hacked. Imagine having insurgents/rebels/whatever you want to call them being able to pinpoint where every single US soldier is
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