[$tinkle]

...by hajji hunter

AN iPhone app that tracks down the Taliban has been developed by a US soldier who put $26,000 of his own money into the project.

The idea for a smartphone application to assist soldiers in combat came to Captain Jonathan J. Springer in a dream last July.

The 31-year-old, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, has worked with programmers ever since to make the idea a reality.

Tactical Nav, which is expected to be available through Apple’s App Store next month, assists soldiers in mapping, plotting and photographing waypoints on a battleground and conveying coordinates to supporting units.

 

[ridiculous]

Ah yes, another FCS project Bush/Cheney lovechild comes to life.

 

[worship_mud]

the more important question is, if there will be an android version?????

 

[MMike]

So they are hunting the taliban with iphones in their pocket? So they could be silently sneaking into a taliban stronghold...just about to pounce and...."RING RING RING RING RING RING RING....BANANA PHONE!"

seems ill-advised....

 

[moff_quigley]

Getting all the stars and golden eggs in that app will have about the same frustration level as accomplishing the same in Angry Birds.

 

[kidwoo]

So they are hunting the taliban with iphones in their pocket? So they could be silently sneaking into a taliban stronghold...just about to pounce and...."RING RING RING RING RING RING RING....BANANA PHONE!"

seems ill-advised....

Like it'll get reception.....

 

[dante]

So they are hunting the taliban with iphones in their pocket? So they could be silently sneaking into a taliban stronghold...just about to pounce and...."RING RING RING RING RING RING RING....Hey, I'm at a bar talking to these two chicks and they don't believe that I'm an ISIS agent. Hey, hey, tell them we're ISIS agents!!"

Fixed.