The Blue Force Tracker System

Blue Force Tracker is a system that gives commanders and troops in the field a real-time picture of the battlefield not possible with conventional maps. This improves situational awareness and reduces the possibility of friendly fire. It also allows headquarters to issue orders much more efficiently than by previous forms of radio communication. GPS positioning provides the main data source for Blue Force Tracking. Unit locations and movements, along with intelligence data on enemy forces and battlefield conditions, are distributed over a satellite communications network that the Army calls FBCB2.

[@shawnmiller4981]

BFT sucked 03-04..very little training on the system..MMC slow tracking..We bought hand held Garmens and of course the old faithful PLGR..Lessons have been learned since then..”Go Army” beat Navy….

[@scottyweimuller6152]

What happens if the enemy is able to get their hands on this?

[@dylansingh3297]

It has happened before with Russia, and they were able to get their hands on Blue force tracking, though it is very unlikely to happen again

[@budmeister]

The is a button screen that when you click on it will send out a red alert to everyone on the system and will then destroy the hard drive and other components.

[@randyransio7870]

The Talibán now got it.

[@scottyweimuller6152]

@@randyransio7870 who funded the taliban to begin with hahaha technically the Mujahideen at the time and trained them? Oh thats right the Americans during the Soviet-Afghanistan war and then the Russian supplied the taliban for the same pursuit just reversed.

[@juanshaftpatel7488]

nothing... it barely works

[@shawnmiller4981]

BFT sucked 03-04..very little training on the system..MMC slow tracking..We bought hand held Garmens and of course the old faithful PLGR..Lessons have been learned since then..”Go Army” beat Navy….