[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

Technology can cause one to become myopic, Nasa spend billions desinging a pen to be used in space, the Russians used a pencil. The Brit army spent £££ researching for a next generation all terrain vehicle to be used in places like Afghanistan, the SAS used horses.

The Apache was supposed to be the uber helo of the battlefield. A cold war battlefield. Its sneaky & hides behind trees & buildings, then pops up and takes out a whole tank platoon with hellfires. But fails to spot the lil raghead hiding by the building who then manages to shoot down the Apache with nothing more than a AK.

The USS Cole was one of the most modern warships afloat, she could handle multiple inbound missile threats & counter attack with a mass of devastating weaponry. But she was seriously damaged by a bunch of ragheads in a small inflatable dinghy packed with TNT.

What the military fails to see is, the new war we are fighting now is not a modern war. Our enemy do not have the latest weaponry. All they have is AKs & a camel. The Comanche does not need to be stealthy because the enemy does not even have a damn radar. A World War Two fighter would probably be more appropriate because it could fly past at a significant speed & strafe them...
The military should be concentrating on what is more appropriate to kill the enemy, not technology. But they should also try & keep ahead of china/russia etc.