National Defense magazine runs down its top technology hits and biggest misses of the war on terror. Biometric scanners, iPod translators, and the "America's Army" videogame all get the thumbs-up. Gun-toting robots, all-seeing satellites, and laser weapons get the finger.
Our pal David Axe put together a similar list, during DANGER ROOM's early days. Here's what he came up with:
- Top War Tech #1: No Tech at All
- Top War Tech #2: Tough Trucks and Tiny Drones__ __
- Top War Tech #3: Targeting Pods
- Top War Tech #4: Jammers
- Top War Tech #5: Talon Robots
- Top War Tech #6: Global Positioning System
- Top War Tech #7: Hot Chow
- Top War Tech #8: Hercules
- Top War Tech #9: Patrol Boats
- Top War Tech #10: Hesco Barriers
- Top War Tech Reader Suggestion #1: C-RAM
- Top War Tech Reader Suggestion #2: Superbombs and the 'Net__ __
- Top War Tech: Ares Weighs In
- Top War Tech: Ares Weighs In Again