Australia's new highly reflective soldiers

neanderthalsis said :

Having previously carted 77sets, Ravens, batteries, aerials and a variety of other bloody heavy communications devices over all sorts of terrain, I would happily have shone a bit to lighten the load by a few kg. There may be a few issues with dense foliage and cloud cover though.

Ever get a bit tired, forgotten you had the 10ft rigid aerial attached, and run under a low branch?

Incidentally, seeing as you mentioned the F-35, a quick recap is in order before I give you the update:
Everybody is aware that the F-35 is slow, single-engined, has poor aerobatic abilities and has not much range. It cannot carry much payload. It is almost non-functional due to the number of systems and components that have had to be removed to make its very poorly-aerodynamic shape fly and will therefore suck up vast amounts of money in maintenance time.
But everything is alright, because it is *stealthy*.

Read on:
http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/the-f-35-vs-the-vhf-threat/

Having previously carted 77sets, Ravens, batteries, aerials and a variety of other bloody heavy communications devices over all sorts of terrain, I would happily have shone a bit to lighten the load by a few kg. There may be a few issues with dense foliage and cloud cover though.