Hi-tech weapons to the fore

THE US-led attack on Iraq has been dubbed the first digital war.

The Digital Division's weapons are so modern that they were only fully tested in a combat exercise within the last two years, and signed-off just 16 months ago.

One of the new systems, the digital command and control system awkwardly known in military jargon as FBCB2 is an integral feature of the Ivy Division's M1A2 Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and Apache Longbow attack helicopters.