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"The Iraq War was supposed to be a preview of the new U.S. military: a light, swift force that relies as much on sensors and communications networks as on heavy armor and huge numbers. But once the shooting started, technology fell far short of expectations

.... April 3, 2003 ... code-named Objective Peach ...

In theory, the size of the Iraqi attack should have been clear well in advance .... U.S. commanders in Qatar and Kuwait enjoyed 42 times the bandwidth available to their counterparts in the first Gulf War ....

This digital firepower convinced many in the Pentagon that the war could be fought with a far smaller force than the one it expected to encounter.

Yet at Objective Peach, Lt. Col. Ernest 'Rock' Marcone (United States Army), a battalion commander with the 69th Armor of the Third Infantry Division, was almost devoid of information about Iraqi strength or position ... 'Next to the fall of Baghdad,' says Marcone, 'that bridge was the most important piece of terrain in the theater, and no one can tell me what’s defending it. Not how many troops, what units, what tanks, anything. There is zero information getting to me. Someone may have known above me, but the information didn’t get to me on the ground.' Marcone’s men were ambushed repeatedly on the approach to the bridge. But the scale of the intelligence deficit was clear after Marcone took the bridge on April 2."

- "How Technology Failed in Iraq," David Talbot, Senior Editor, Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/index.asp, September 2004.

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Post Date: October 23, 2004 at 11:35 AM CDT; 1635 GMT

Note: This is an example of an article that elaborates on the digital world and the transformation taking place in "real-life" situations - so, at times - these two Web sites overlap.

What's the point? I duplicated the posting of this one - but, may, at times - fail to do so, and would prefer that you check both Web sites for postings of interest to you. That will help cut down on the amount of time I devote to placing these articles in front of you.