RE: Microsoft making helmets for soldiers
May 10, 2021 at 11:46 am
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2021 at 11:47 am by onlinebiker.)
(April 2, 2021 at 5:25 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(April 2, 2021 at 4:00 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: I hope to Hell a lot of that $22 billion went to R&D, because even if it has all those features, $188k per pop seems insane.
I remember the hubbub some years ago when people were talking about the military buying toilet seats and hammers for hundreds of dollars apiece. Military spending has routinely been outrageous.
When I was in basic toward the end of our cycle we had a day at the range. Some of us had long ago passed our shooting requirements but there were some in the platoon who needed more practice in order to pass. A couple of the drills took a group of about eight of us to another area of the range for the sole purpose of burning through ammo. They said that it needed to be fired and used up because if they had leftover ammo it would reduce the next budget. So, our little group were off by ourselves just shooting and reloading and shooting and reloading for the entire day.
On a ship it's called NARS.
Naval Ammunition Reclassification System.
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In other words - toss it over the side.
The fun part is the grenades.
Thermites at night are spectacular underwater.
(April 2, 2021 at 6:46 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Helmets that crash and need to be rebooted wvery few hours?
"Windows has experienced an error and needs to close."
Then a fucking blue screen of death appears.
Or, an annoying animated paperclip appears on your screen, "It looks like you're targeting a terrorist training camp! Would you like help?"
Or some smartass tech puts a video feed from Aliens II on your helmet HUD....
