Henry J. Cobb wrote:
Given the friendly fire incidents during OIF is it finally time to put
IFF in ground vehicles to prevent blue on blue engagements?

They've been trying to develop workable ground IFF systems for years
(decades, actualyl). It turns out to be significantly harder than for
aircraft, especially if you want a system that doen't telegraph friendly
locations when it pings.

The best bet is probably something keyed to laser rangefinders, but you have
to find a way to create a directional response and to ahve it work at a high
relaibility level, even thought battlefield obscurants, smoke, haze, brush,
etc.

Make sure it's an automatic lock to prevent go pill powered trigger
fingers.

Not a wise idea. Nothing should ever prevent the gunner from firing if
urgently necessary. You could run into anything from having to shoot past
a friendly vehicle to an enemy spoofing your IFF.
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