Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

VeriChip Tagging Soldiers

Saturday, March 17, 2007 in News

The notorious VeriChip is reportedly lobbying the Defense Department to implant RFID tags in soldiers as a replacement for dog tags, according to news reports.

The main benefit? RFID tag can hold much more information on the soldier than a dog tag can. An under-the-skin RFID tag would also be much more difficult to dislodge, unlike dog tags, which can be yanked off and kept or discarded by usurpers. [end] 

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