DOD: Why didn't we think of that?

2011-08-05 18:03:35

#1

ROGUEDD: BF2s. A Liberal Gang of Faggots.; +452|5776|Fuck this.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/rem … 32215.html

In 2007, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Fessenden received a gift from his brother Ernie, back home in Rochester, Minnesota: a radio-controlled model truck with a wireless video camera.

Last week, says Fessenden, who's now stationed in Afghanistan after doing tours in Iraq, the gift came in handy. It saved the lives of six of his comrades, he told ABC News.

Fessenden used the toy truck to run ahead of him and his fellow soldiers to scout for roadside bombs when they were on patrol. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have been a major source of U.S. casualties in both the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Fessenden said that last week he had loaned the truck to a group of six soldiers who were going out on a patrol. At one point, it got tangled in a trip wire, setting off a bomb. The soldiers, in a Humvee behind the remote-controlled truck, were unhurt. Had it not been for that model truck, it would have been the real one--the Humvee--that set off the explosive, likely meaning the soldiers would have been killed.

Ernie Fessenden got the idea for the gift after his brother told him that the army had little ability to check for IEDs. Ernie said the total cost was about $500. He added that he now plans to send Chris a replacement truck, through a non-profit group that he created.

And he's understandably elated that his gift helped save lives.

"I got an email from [Chris] that said, 'Hey, man, I'm sorry, but the truck is gone,'" Ernie told ABC. "The neat thing is that the guys in the Humvee were all right."

Kevin Guy, a hobby shop owner who helped Ernie rig the truck with the camera, summed up what it meant to hear about how valuable it had been.

"That's just unreal," said Guy. "That's six mothers that six guys are going home to."

Seriously, six lives isn't worth $500 to the US government, yet they can spend money on every-other thing under the sun. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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2011-08-05 18:07:01

#2

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6956|Mountains of NC

That was a good idea

just got to figure out the remote controlled IEDs

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/17445/carhartt.jpg

2011-08-05 18:14:06

#3

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

ROGUEDD wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/rem … 32215.html

In 2007, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Fessenden received a gift from his brother Ernie, back home in Rochester, Minnesota: a radio-controlled model truck with a wireless video camera.

Last week, says Fessenden, who's now stationed in Afghanistan after doing tours in Iraq, the gift came in handy. It saved the lives of six of his comrades, he told ABC News.

Fessenden used the toy truck to run ahead of him and his fellow soldiers to scout for roadside bombs when they were on patrol. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have been a major source of U.S. casualties in both the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Fessenden said that last week he had loaned the truck to a group of six soldiers who were going out on a patrol. At one point, it got tangled in a trip wire, setting off a bomb. The soldiers, in a Humvee behind the remote-controlled truck, were unhurt. Had it not been for that model truck, it would have been the real one--the Humvee--that set off the explosive, likely meaning the soldiers would have been killed.

Ernie Fessenden got the idea for the gift after his brother told him that the army had little ability to check for IEDs. Ernie said the total cost was about $500. He added that he now plans to send Chris a replacement truck, through a non-profit group that he created.

And he's understandably elated that his gift helped save lives.

"I got an email from [Chris] that said, 'Hey, man, I'm sorry, but the truck is gone,'" Ernie told ABC. "The neat thing is that the guys in the Humvee were all right."

Kevin Guy, a hobby shop owner who helped Ernie rig the truck with the camera, summed up what it meant to hear about how valuable it had been.

"That's just unreal," said Guy. "That's six mothers that six guys are going home to."
Seriously, six lives isn't worth $500 to the US government, yet they can spend money on every-other thing under the sun. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

kinda like when those dumb fucks in the DoD figured that not every Humvee needed to be up-armored or that not every soldier needed the best body armor

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/36793/marylandsig.jpg

2011-08-05 18:36:58

#4

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6858

whatever happened to shit like EMP grenades, did they just stay as video-game / tech-geek fantasy? wouldn't they take out rudimentary IED shit?

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2011-08-05 18:37:55

#5

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6858

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
ROGUEDD wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/rem … 32215.html

In 2007, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Fessenden received a gift from his brother Ernie, back home in Rochester, Minnesota: a radio-controlled model truck with a wireless video camera.

Last week, says Fessenden, who's now stationed in Afghanistan after doing tours in Iraq, the gift came in handy. It saved the lives of six of his comrades, he told ABC News.

Fessenden used the toy truck to run ahead of him and his fellow soldiers to scout for roadside bombs when they were on patrol. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have been a major source of U.S. casualties in both the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Fessenden said that last week he had loaned the truck to a group of six soldiers who were going out on a patrol. At one point, it got tangled in a trip wire, setting off a bomb. The soldiers, in a Humvee behind the remote-controlled truck, were unhurt. Had it not been for that model truck, it would have been the real one--the Humvee--that set off the explosive, likely meaning the soldiers would have been killed.

Ernie Fessenden got the idea for the gift after his brother told him that the army had little ability to check for IEDs. Ernie said the total cost was about $500. He added that he now plans to send Chris a replacement truck, through a non-profit group that he created.

And he's understandably elated that his gift helped save lives.

"I got an email from [Chris] that said, 'Hey, man, I'm sorry, but the truck is gone,'" Ernie told ABC. "The neat thing is that the guys in the Humvee were all right."

Kevin Guy, a hobby shop owner who helped Ernie rig the truck with the camera, summed up what it meant to hear about how valuable it had been.

"That's just unreal," said Guy. "That's six mothers that six guys are going home to."
Seriously, six lives isn't worth $500 to the US government, yet they can spend money on every-other thing under the sun. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
kinda like when those dumb fucks in the DoD figured that not every Humvee needed to be up-armored or that not every soldier needed the best body armor

the american military-industrial complex keeps your economy afloat and still exporting/producing in huge volume. remote control cars are made in china and those communist fucks have a total market monopoly on all remote-control toys.

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2011-08-05 18:50:38

#6

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

Uzique wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
ROGUEDD wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/rem … 32215.html

Seriously, six lives isn't worth $500 to the US government, yet they can spend money on every-other thing under the sun. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
kinda like when those dumb fucks in the DoD figured that not every Humvee needed to be up-armored or that not every soldier needed the best body armor
the american military-industrial complex keeps your economy afloat and still exporting/producing in huge volume. remote control cars are made in china and those communist fucks have a total market monopoly on all remote-control toys.

csu, but what's your point?

2011-08-05 19:05:29

#7

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6858

they're not dumb, they're rich.

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2011-08-05 19:09:39

#8

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

true, true. it just pisses me off that they see human lives as simply part of a profit equation. sort of a 'who cares if they're getting killed as long as it's keeping the behemoth defense contractors alive and kicking' mentality.

2011-08-05 19:15:36

#9

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6956|Mountains of NC

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
true, true. it just pisses me off that they see human lives as simply part of a profit equation. sort of a 'who cares if they're getting killed as long as it's keeping the behemoth defense contractors alive and kicking' mentality.

why develop a cure for a disease when you can repress it and have a customer for life

its all about the money

2011-08-05 19:19:37

#10

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6858

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
true, true. it just pisses me off that they see human lives as simply part of a profit equation. sort of a 'who cares if they're getting killed as long as it's keeping the behemoth defense contractors alive and kicking' mentality.

capitalism: enjoy your freedom sir

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2011-08-05 19:21:37

#11

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,820|6493|eXtreme to the maX

Low level innovation is not something the military generally welcomes.

Unless you're a multi-billion defence contractor, or a soldier who can slip something in a backpack and carry it in, its very hard for companies to get a look-in.

Fuck Israel

2011-08-05 19:38:44

#12

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7159|PNW

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
ROGUEDD wrote:
Seriously, six lives isn't worth $500 to the US government, yet they can spend money on every-other thing under the sun. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
kinda like when those dumb fucks in the DoD figured that not every Humvee needed to be up-armored or that not every soldier needed the best body armor

/Rummy

2011-08-05 20:02:00

#13

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6540|what

Uzique wrote:
whatever happened to shit like EMP grenades, did they just stay as video-game / tech-geek fantasy? wouldn't they take out rudimentary IED shit?

Don't want to blow your own stuff in the process.

2011-08-05 20:09:09

#14

chuyskywalker: Admin; +2,439|7235|"Frisco"

AussieReaper wrote:
Uzique wrote:
whatever happened to shit like EMP grenades, did they just stay as video-game / tech-geek fantasy? wouldn't they take out rudimentary IED shit?
Don't want to blow your own stuff in the process.

Also, a lot of IEDs are probably extremely rudimentary devices that don't rely on electronics to be triggered.

2011-08-05 20:10:21

#15

13rin: Member; +977|6866

chuyskywalker wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Uzique wrote:
whatever happened to shit like EMP grenades, did they just stay as video-game / tech-geek fantasy? wouldn't they take out rudimentary IED shit?
Don't want to blow your own stuff in the process.
Also, a lot of IEDs are probably extremely rudimentary devices that don't rely on electronics to be triggered.

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2011-08-05 20:11:47

#16

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|7047|The darkside of Denver

shit most of em are just jerry rigged munitions on like pressure fuses and trip wires. I think the whole cell phone detonators are probably mostly hollywood. I would think devices like that required a slightly better technician to build it than some backwater jihadist. But I could be wrong.

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2011-08-05 20:15:59

#17

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6956|Mountains of NC

cell phone to beeper - beeper provides current for larger battery to set off larger current for such explosive as C4

2011-08-05 20:24:32

#18

ROGUEDD: BF2s. A Liberal Gang of Faggots.; +452|5776|Fuck this.

13rin wrote:
chuyskywalker wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:

Don't want to blow your own stuff in the process.
Also, a lot of IEDs are probably extremely rudimentary devices that don't rely on electronics to be triggered.
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dange … 60x492.jpg

https://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/rc-toy-truck-inside.jpg

~500.00 USD

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2011-08-05 20:26:44

#19

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5745|London, England

SonderKommando wrote:
shit most of em are just jerry rigged munitions on like pressure fuses and trip wires. I think the whole cell phone detonators are probably mostly hollywood. I would think devices like that required a slightly better technician to build it than some backwater jihadist. But I could be wrong.

They use remote detonation. We used to roll with a jammer in the lead vehicle of the convoy in order to stop it. Very difficult for them to successfully bury it in the road itself which is where a pressure sensor would work. That, and you risk hitting a civilian target instead of the convoy you're aiming at.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-08-05 20:29:11

#20

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

turn off cell phone towers
problem, jihadi?

2011-08-05 20:32:00

#21

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6956|Mountains of NC

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
turn off cell phone towers
problem, jihadi?

some built that don't need a remote .......... drop some line and grab a clacker

2011-08-05 20:49:13

#22

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5861|Ventura, California

The passenger in HMMWVs should have little remote-controlled cars to drive ahead of the HMMWV and set off trip wires, metal detectors, or whatever.

And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.

2011-08-05 20:59:13

#23

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5861|Ventura, California

SEREMAKER wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
true, true. it just pisses me off that they see human lives as simply part of a profit equation. sort of a 'who cares if they're getting killed as long as it's keeping the behemoth defense contractors alive and kicking' mentality.
why develop a cure for a disease when you can repress it and have a customer for life

its all about the money

I heard a lot of diseases had cures but they're not being offered as the repressors gain the providers much more money.

And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.

2011-08-05 21:07:44

#24

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6352|London, England

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2011-08-05 21:38:05

#25

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7159|PNW

13rin wrote:

Largest truck balls on Earth.

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