Posted on 04/09/2007 6:15:08 PM PDT by Tatze
Grey power ranger.
Big deal... Anubis has hundreds of these.
It is pretty neat though. The average soldier will never get this because it’ll cost a mint.
Something more realistic would be advisable
As the author basically says, if we can manage just a few of these things, it will be a good thing, and putus even farther ahead of anyone else.
LISTER is in the bottom bunk, CAT in the top one. KRYTEN and RIMMER are slumped over the table. All are asleep.
With a bleep, KRYTEN bumps the remote control and switches the message playback on. Jim REAPER's face appears on the screen.
REAPER: Lease-holder addendum: Do not despair, Kryten's replacement is on his way.
REAPER's image disappears, and is replaced by that of an android -- much like KRYTEN, but wearing a black helmet.
REAPER: Hudzen 10 is the new state-of-the-art in android technology! Ten times faster than any android on the market!
HUDZEN demonstrates, by using heat-vision to roast a chicken in 2 seconds flat.
REAPER: Ten times smarter than it's nearest rival!
HUDZEN pulls up a blackboard and scribbles some very complex-looking sums on it.
REAPER: And ten times stronger.
HUDZEN produces a brick. He places it between his thighs out of shot and gives a single pelvic thrust. He then holds up the two halves of the brick.
REAPER: Hudzen 10 -- there's never been anything tougher! _The_ ultimate machine!
The recording switches off as KRYTEN stirs and, with some effort, raises his head from the table.
Great... How does it fare against VBIEDs, Frags, and RPGs?
They'll restrict it to just the BATF
How fast can you take that off when the tube of ham and lima beans rations kick in?
I read an interesting article recently...with the advent of of technology (related to OLED’s) that may make it possible to display images on fabric, a uniform could be fashioned to scan the terrain/background behind a soldier, and electronically generate camoflage to be displayed on the front of the soldier, making them nearly invisible (Simultaneously doing the same for the back by scanning the front.
Shades of Predator! I know it sounds outlandish, but think of all the things we have now that would have been considered outlandish just 50 years ago.
Somehow....the ODST(Orbital-Drop Shock Troopers) from HALO 2 spring to mind (the resemblence is unmistakable).
Kinda like the videogame Halo?
None of this crap matters if gutless politicians desperate for UN/Eurocrats to like them won’t allow our soldiers to fight back.
Imperial storm troopers come to mind (somehow).
“Jean-Louis DeGay”
This poor guy had to catch crap by the bucketload over his name!
Yeah. It IS all future stuff, but one thing is certain:
In a world where our country blanches at the concept of a single casualty, outfitting elite troops in this kind of equipment for special missions is not out of the question.
Also, with built in load carrying enhancements, and a suit that can detect an injury and isolate, treat and transmit health status would be very, very valuable.
I want any battles our troops are in to be as one sided as possible, to the point of being ridiculous. If even 1/100th of what they talk about comes to pass...it would be a good thing.
Once we make our military invencable who will protect us from our tyranical government?
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