Re: [SG] meets [RL]

At 06:13 PM 8/6/2002 -0700, John wrote:

>Well, the 82nd Airborne is trying out it's first drone
>counters in Afghanistan.
>
>Amusing article in the Army Times today discusses
>little tracked robots about a foot high they are
>field-testing to run through caves.  It weighs 42lbs
>(heavy enough to set off AP mines), is a foot tall to
>trip tripwires, and can be equipped with cameras and
>other acessories, including a 12ga shotgun.  It costs
>$40,000 (which is about 1/6th cost of paying out on
>the life insurance on a single soldier).
>
>John

I didn't see this on Army Times Online, though I did see an interesting 
presentation on a survey to see what the soldiers in Afghanistan liked
and 
disliked about their gear.  Interesting read.

-- 
Don Greenfield