Powered body armor...finally...
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Yeah, yeah, all cool and all. But I'm not really interested about it if I cannot obtain one myself.
IxionIndustries said:
Shoot.. Raytheon and Lockheed are making it... they'll sell a cheaper version to some company thats willing to manufacture it... You'll probably first see them mounted to the back of eighteen-wheelers... the ones stacked with lumber.. lol
Yes, but still. I want a set of it for my own. That's what I don't understand. People are getting so excited over it, when it's being developed for MILITARY use. People are saying, "Sweet! Soon I'll be able to be a space marine!" No. You won't. Not for another few years.Aegwadar said:
That said, If I cannot get a suit of it now or later, I'm not interested
Ack. The #1 reason I didn't vote for McCain was because he believed we needed a troop surge in Iraq. This, after our country voted down better body armor. We need to approach military matters with surgical precision and the only f'ing solutions we almost ever come up with involve using our forces as a sledge hammer.Nmil-ek said:
A better outfitted frontline with appropriate strategies means we can do the same jobs with fewer troops. Fewer troops means not only fewer losses to our own forces but far less "collateral" damage. The Iraq war was a disaster from the moment it started because:
A) We keep throwing people into the meat grinder in an attempt to gain ground, whether political or actual. This means not only more combat casualties but more problems when troops return home. We were having (and may still be having) an incredibly stupid problem dealing with mental health issues with our troops. None of this even begins to touch on the damage we've done to Iraq, much of it needless.
B) We under equipped our forces. Repeatedly. We pretty much guaranteed things were going to be a mess no matter how many troops we sent over. F'ing brilliant. Under equipped forces not only suffer casualties and ongoing problems after the fact but they can cause needless extra damage to the territory they're in as they attempt to improvise to deal with their shortcomings.
I desperately want to see a completely different mentality in our military, something more like the concepts used by Section 9 from "Ghost in the Shell" (shoot me if I got my section wrong.) If we're seriously considering powered armor then maybe we'll develop the strategies to use the technology to it's fullest potential. Then, hopefully, the next time a stupid president considers a political war then at least it can be fought properly rather than, "Sure, we'll be out of there shortly. Exit strategy? What's an exit strategy?"
I was attempting for a quick thought with my first post rather than the short dissertation I've got here. Don't read more into people's posts than what's there unless you want the wall-o-text when posts get explained.
I could see this being more popular with riot police and the like than front line soldiers. Clubbing your way through hippies would be even easier when you can just pick them up and throw them a couple dozen feet.
No...Aegwadar said:+200% added to a normal humans lift capacity... Crazy..Bulletinmybrain said:A marine with this could probably lift a small car..
Its a 10:1 lifting ratio I believe.. "It would make lifting a 200lb box feel only like 20 lbs."
(Or something along those lines)
Jackson - Deathclaw said:
5:1 is much different then 10:1, plus it being able to withstand fighting and war.. Yeah, sure they beat them to a powered exoskeleton. But powered armor? No.
The U.S. Military NEEDS to update, and is finally getting it's arse in gear. Those 20year long DARPA and U.S. Research projects are finally near completion, and Genetic Research is on the horizon. Robot tanks are now in Final Prototypes, and the military is now investing more in UAVs and UGVs. Finally, with no troops on the frontlines, war will be semi bloodless, minus civilians who will inevitably be attacked of course. Bloody world powers.
What exactly needs to be updated? They already have carriers, with another type on the way.. They already have planes up the ass, and the vehicles are good.. no?Lord Of Cyberia said:
(Sure the infantry rifle needs updating, but it was already practically upgraded but the project was blammed)
