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FEEDBACK #1:

"Slide 7: This is really bad.

Do they really believe that this divine omniscience is attainable against an uncooperative and desperate enemy? Do they really believe that omniscience = omnipotence? They obviously didn't read enough copies of Silver Surfer or The Watcher comix when they were kids. If the enemy has RPGs and AKs and you have 5.56mm weapons, and they're under a bit of cover waiting for you and you're steamin' along in a thin-skinned vehicle, how do you get that omniscience in real time, and how do you engage an adversary in prepared positions with better weapons? We still need either more firepower (like a LAV-25) and/or more protection, or both (like a M2A3 Bradley). How do you protect the really vulnerable trucks in the convoy from a first shot kill? You can't always avoid the bad guys, and you need firepower to engage them beyond their own engagement range. Who is doing all this heads-down monitoring and filtering for the convoy while bouncing along in a thin-skinned vehicle? Where are the high-resolution, multi-spectral sensors directly supporting the unit to feed the situational awareness network? JSTARS can't do it all, the helos don't have the endurance and range to provide continuous coverage (and are vulnerable to their own sort of ambush), and the Army isn't buying the mini-UAVS needed for the job."

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