Re: Tank vision systems

On  3-Feb-00 at 23:13, Popeyesays@aol.com (Popeyesays@aol.com) wrote:
> In a message dated 2/3/00 4:46:30 PM Central Standard Time,
los@cris.com 
> writes:
> 
> << 
>  Then you go and see	a battle or partake in a battle at NTC (BTW I
have
>  been to both places fighting with good guys and bad guys), and now
you
>  see two equally advanced forces. Sure you've got all these same
assets
>  but so do they, and both sides are doing everything they can to keep
>  data from each other. And everyone is still pretty much in the dark
>  about where they are and what they're doing. (despite some of the
>  scripted nature of individual battles.)
>  
>  I don't know what specific countermeasures there will be in 2180s
>  (though we could probably figure some out fairly easy), though I know
>  active and passive counter measures as well as operational techniques
>  will continue to figure prominently in denying the enemy the
knowledge
>  he needs. It's a basic tenant of war. ALl this will keep war in the
>  realm of uncertainty and chaos.
>  
>  Los >>
> 
> And when the shit is hitting the fan - and your sensors are foxed

Ah, it's the wave hands technology.  The sensors use visible, IR and
UV light.  Suddenly, we wave hands and the electronics on the tank
function but the sensors no longer pick up IR-UV light and the eyeball
does.

Roger