High-tech brigade heads to Afghanistan, loaded with gadgets

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High-tech brigade heads to Afghanistan, loaded with gadgets

Wired: Danger Room 06/29/2009

The soldiers of the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division are shipping out to Afghanistan this month -- equipped with a controversial array of infantryman gadgets: electronic maps, GPS beacons, wearable computers, and digital radios. The troops are wondering just how useful the eight-pound, $48,000-per-soldier "Land Warrior" gizmo collection will really be, and whether the benefit will really be worth the extra weight.

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