Having worked in defence for over 15 years, I can say with certainty that in general the level of technology in your average military product is well behind the

Having worked in defence for over 15 years, I can say with certainty that in general the level of technology in your average military product is well behind the times. This is by design since the products tend to have 20 year support requirements and you fix the level of technology at the design stage (say 5 years development). Its therefore commmon to be ten years out of date.