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The Science of Soldiers
By Lucia Raatma
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What does it take to be a soldier? Strength and intelligence both play a part, but soldiers need extra help to do their job of defending their country. Enter technology such as satellites, robotics, and computers. Learn all about these forms of technology and the scientific principles behind them.
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The Science of Soldiers - Lucia Raatma
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Contents
1: Science and Soldiers
2: How Soldiers Train
3: What Soldiers Eat
4: What Soldiers Wear and Carry
5: How Wounded Soldiers Recover
6: How Soldiers Use Technology
Glossary
Read More
Internet Sites
Index
images/img-4-1.jpgIt is a brutally hot day in Afghanistan. A soldier is sweating underneath his thick vest and camouflage helmet. His combat boots are heavy, but they offer his feet support in the rough terrain.
He and the other soldiers he was traveling with were ambushed. Everyone scattered. He thinks most of his unit made their way out of town and into the hills. But now he’s trapped.
The soldier knows there are enemies lying in wait just around the next wall. He’s heard the machine gun fire, but he isn’t sure if they know his position. He’s taken cover behind the rubble of a building, trying to decide what to do next.
Slowly he extends his rifle around one corner of the building. A video camera is built into the rifle’s sight. It focuses on the enemy, zooms in, and gathers images for the soldier. These images appear on a display in the soldier’s helmet.
The soldier takes a deep breath and thinks for a moment. He considers how much ammunition he has, and he wonders how far away the rest of his unit is.
images/img-5-1.jpgNext he presses a switch on his rifle, and a laser range finder turns on. It measures the distance to his enemy. The range finder relays this information to a data chip inside the rifle’s
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