This is a consideration that must be much more closely examined, as our system will effectively be responsible for the lives of soldiers in a combat area. As such, restricting the possibility of false negatives or positives is imperative. These false events are unlikely between units that are both using our devices, but in the case of a unit losing their devices or not being issued them, false events become a considerable issue. As such, visual confirmation or a blanket policy to verify perceived negatives must be implemented.

This project is likely to have very minimal societal impact beyond the military, as most civilians are very unknowing of less "flashy" military technologies. Within the armed forces, however, this device is likely to have a sizable effect, given that it allows for units to continually monitor the locations of friendly groups, increasing confidence in operations and giving a bit more of a sense of security with the minimization of a potentially massive operational risk.

The devices also have a relatively long service life, as they are not subject to direct wear besides that caused by environmental conditions, and can be quite easily repaired given the minimal number of moving parts and availability of replacement components. If a microcontroller is somehow shot through, a new one can easily be wired in and flashed with the code to make the system operational again. Besides this, most every component can be either reused or recycled, making the end-of-life processing of the system rather environmentaly friendly.

We are currently aware of other teams working on systems to satisfy similar needs using the same devices, but none are using multipath propagation as a vehicle of preventing interception.