VIRTUAL SOLDIERS

Niall Campion

DOES THE Government and defence minister Micheál Martin believe they have solved the recruitment crisis in the Defence Forces with pretend soldiers? RTÉ News recently ran a fluff piece on how the army is expanding its use of virtual reality (VR) simulators, with footage of a soldier driving an armoured car and the chief instructor… Read more »

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