New Army fighting vehicles promise to transform the nature of war as dramatically as the tank did in the 20th Century, said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli in remarks delivered Monday at an annual breakfast meeting of the Association of the United States Army. The Army, however, needs to better explain the revolutionary potential of these vehicles, Chiarelli said, while acting to hasten their delivery and fielding. The FCS Manned Ground Vehicle "is a platform designed for the full-spectrum fight," Chiarelli said. "The self-sufficient nature of the system has a vast array of networked capabilities that will literally change the game in favor of the Soldier."

Future Combat Systems has a lot of really cool stuff. They have developed several manned and unmanned ground vehicles and areal vehicles. Pretty soon our fighters will be engineers who are thousands of mile away in a air conditioned facility controlling the robots on the ground. There will still be men in the field but they will be specialists in combined warfare. Where do you see the future of armed conflict going?

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