... a patient's history. Its potential use has been extended in recent months, however, and it is now expected to be used for security, as well as medical, purposes. The VeriChip location technology would locate kidnap victims (especially children) and rescued them, shortly after their abduction. But that application also leads us to the potential for abuse, like placing identity information into you ... technologies create an infrastructure that can enable later repression. But for critics, military use of the implant is not at the top of their list of objections to the new technology. ADS h...

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Computers and Technology in the Military The military needs to gain intelligence about enemies of the United States, as well as potential enemies, and even allies. Through the gaining of intelligence, the military can formulate plan to counteract enemy goals and improve effectiveness of their goals. In previous times before the computer age the military used spies to infiltrate enemy lines and discover enemy goals, artillery, and the size of their military. The spy would then communicate back to base what was discovered. Now, during the computer age, computers create a whole new angle to espio...

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... and can carry up to 14 missiles. Flight trials have also taken place with the General Atomics Lynx SAR (synthetic aperture radar) payload. Lynx also features ground moving target indicator technology. The USAF has also ordered two versions of Predator B with turbofan jet engines. A Northrop Grumman Bat submunition was successfully dropped and a FINDER mini-UAV launched from a Predator UAV in August ... ...

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