Hi-tech pants keep troops cool in the sun

News - The Guardian, UK

There will be no more "going commando", or melting boots for British soldiers sweating under the desert sun, the Ministry of Defence revealed yesterday.
Regiments in Iraq and Afghanistan are being equipped with new kit, including "anti-microbial" underpants designed to prevent, to put it euphemistically, uncomfortable chafing.

The pants were designed - so far only in a unisex version - in Northern Ireland and are manufactured in China, defence officials said yesterday.

"The term 'go commando' will probably now disappear," Colonel Silas Suchanek who led the team responsible for procuring the equipment said, referring to the slang phrase for going without underwear.

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