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I can't really see this having use in a high-tech military. The main differentiator of contemporary technologized militaries is their incredible logistics and c
by giraffe_lady 5y ago
I can't really see this having use in a high-tech military. The main differentiator of contemporary technologized militaries is their incredible logistics and coordination capacities, which have a very hard dependency on knowing your own location. They know this obviously and so those systems are robust and redundant already.
When those systems and their backups fail you're into like, "hide and wait for help" or even straight up sere training shit, because the entire thing that makes you a powerful force rather than just a guy with a gun is gone. Knowing which way is north is not gonna solve your problem at that point. Knowing "which way to the supply cache" might but if that piece of tech is still working probably so is your normal radio and gps.
- ncmncm 5y agoAnything they have to look at to get informed is a huge burden. Anything that burns up batteries driving a display is a huge burden. Anything that destroys night vision is a huge burden. So, anything that provides them the most essential bits of combat information (e.g. that is the direction back to base) without need to look at it, and using only microwatts, is a huge benefit.