• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 hours ago

    The problem it’s trying to solve is “How do we make ungodly amounts of money as ‘Defense Contractors’?”

    To be genuinely fair, this sort of waste is part and parcel to the US Military.

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      2 hours ago

      This is pretty much the story of the entire Land Warrior program. Nobody ever expected it to be a Real Thing, it was always a pie-in-the-sky boondoggle to make a shitload of money for the MIC.

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      11 hours ago

      For sure. Head mounted displays are useful for, say, technical repairs. And I see the value as an alternative to the F35 helmet. But besides that … for infantry? Idk. Wishful thinking IMHO