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To: neolib who wrote (195888)	8/7/2006 9:17:50 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Tanks can use all the smart weapons and other techniques. They don't have to be large simple gun platforms. They aren't going to be obsolete in 10 years. In 50 or 100 anything can happen but there's a good chance that mobile armored platforms will still be useful, they might not look very much like today's tanks but they will fill the same role.

To: neolib who wrote (195888)	8/8/2006 10:15:50 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Battleships had their day as well, but finally enough people realized they were just massive, expensive targets for air power. Perhaps it's time for the tank to join the battleship? But the big boys loved both toys, and won't give them up easily. Look how long it took to get rid or our battleships, and even today there are some that want to bring them back. It seems to me that it should be fairly technically easy to design a "fail-safe" targeting system for shoulder fired missiles that would just home in on the nearest largest mass of ferrous metal if nothing were hit. Then, they might not kill the tank, but they'd hardly EVER miss the tank.