By Ann Roosevelt FT. BLISS, Texas-- Troops posing as insurgents on a rooftop pour .50-caliber machine gun fire down at advancing U.S. soldiers conducting a cordon and search mission. Some go down. An IED detonates with a cloud of smoke near visitors attending a mission designed to meet data gathering objectives. The smoke and noise are simulators, thrown by observer/controllers at the appropriate time. All the equipment is instrumented to collect data, and soldiers wear special gear that records "hits"…
Independent Army Testers Gather Reams of Data In The Desert
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