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>From: olson@dstl86.gsfc.nasa.gov (Paul Olson)
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Subject: Re: 21st Century Soldier
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In article <1992Sep13.064805.16276@oracle.us.oracle.com>, mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes...
> 
>Doc, two questions...
> 
>1.  Why the heck do you think it will be hand to hand even then?  Even
>in Vietnam there was very little hand-to-hand combat.  

But there was still needed.  If you bypass the basics, you're dead if you lose
your technology advantage.  Case in point (and off the subject), kids who grow
up using a calculator and don't learn the multiplication tables are toast when
the batteries run out.  How is a soldier, who is dependant on high-tech, going
to survive when his high tech gives out?  And it always gives out, you know. 
They only way to survive is with basic training.

> 
>2.  What on earth makes you think that those electronics aren't
>hardened against EMP?  It seems like a pretty obvious system
>requirement.

Is it possible to completely harden a device against all EMP?  It depends on
the strength of the pulse.

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Dr. Forbin


