Thin RFID tags help drivers zip through toll booths, hospitals locate tools and supermarkets track their stock. When embedded in military guns, tags can trim hours off time-intensive tasks, such as weapon counts and distribution. The AP scrutinized how the U.S. armed services use technology to keep closer control of their firearms as part of an investigation into stolen and missing military guns — some of which have been used in street violence. The Navy told AP one armory on a base up the coast from Los Angeles was using RFID for inventory. In the U.S. military, RFID use grew in the 1990s, after the first Gulf War showed a need to untangle vast supply chains of shipping containers.

Source: ABC News September 30, 2021 04:41 UTC