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During the Vietnam War the US military sought to employ a similar method to combat large-scale insurgency. Arguably the most ambitious technological project of the Vietnam War was the so-called ”Automated Battlefield,” better known as project “Igloo White.”
http://thefutureofthings.com/3902-igloo-white-the-automated-battlefield/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Igloo_White
http://thefutureofthings.com/3902-igloo-white-the-automated-battlefield/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Igloo_White
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USMC got in the game around 68-69 with SCAMP Platoons. Thanks for sharing.
https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/1979/07/scamp
https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/1979/07/scamp
Scamp | Marine Corps Association
The dictionary would agree with most of us that a "scamp" is an impish young person or rogue, but the Marine Corps has a different definition.By that definition, a SCAMP is a Sensor Control And Management Platoon-the Corps' electronic eyes and ears.Formed in 1968, the first SCAMPs were classified and few Marines knew of their existence or purpose.Recently, however, SCAMP was declassified and a concerted effort is being made to educate all...
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