Troops won't say much more about the system's capabilities for security
reasons. But in a demonstration, shown to this reporter one night, the
GBOSS was aimed at a pickup truck at great distance. It would have been
just the barest speck to the naked eye if it had had its lights on. Bernard
flipped a switch, played with the joystick and suddenly one could clearly
see the empty water bottles in the back of the vehicle. The image was so
clear and the view so close, there was no mistaking the objects for what
they were.
"They [insurgents] know we have it and are scared to death of it," said
Capt. Jason Schuerger of West Virginia. "I'd like to keep it that way."