Can technology overcome the friendly fire problem? DARPA is about to find out with its PCAS programme
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On June 10, 2014, five US soldiers were killed in the Arghandab district of Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan, in what is understood to have been a friendly fire incident. A coalition-led air strike mistakenly targeted the troops as they returned to base after an operation. At once a tragic incident and a sensitive one, the episode highlights a continued gap in the capabilities of modern forces: an inability to ward off the risk of blue-on-blue engagement despite possessing the most cutti...
