Head-up displays (HUD) were pioneered in fighter jets. For the pilots of these craft, information overload was a big problem and this nifty device solved it.
We now see the US government and military going ballistic given that a video of their HUD with voice recording showing the fatal attack on the patrol that killed Lance Corporal Matty Hull, is now out for all to see.
Well don't worry – it's been out for years!
The writer purchased a computer game in 1997 that was called “A10 Cuba”. It featured the opportunity for wannabe A10 pilots to sit in the cockpit of an A10 and (you guessed it), use a HUD.
Full switches and an explanation of how it worked was included and you could blow things up all day if you wanted, delivering ordinance with pinpoint accuracy- thanks to the HUD!
So, all you spies just slip into the local gaming outlet and see more than the grainy images now on TV and the net could ever reveal. Meanwhile, could the MOD and US government stop telling lies to Matty's widow ?
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