Posted on 01/11/2021 9:09:42 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Chinese military is equipping soldiers stationed in Tibet with newly developed helmets embedded with a self-destruct button.
The button will trigger an embedded bomb to go off, killing the soldier.
“At a battalion or brigade level command center, a commander monitors a soldier who is far away by using the navigation system. The commander can activate the self-destruct function of the soldier’s helmet if he can’t get in contact with him,” state-run media China Observer reported on Dec. 27.
Soldiers can also press the button themselves. “If a soldier is seriously wounded and doesn’t want to be captured, he can activate the self-destruct function himself. This can maintain his dignity, as well as prevent the enemy from obtaining this system,” the report stated.
The new helmet is part of a so-called “individual soldier digital combat system” given to troops in the Tibet theater command. They face Indian troops at the border, where there were recent skirmishes over disputed territory in the Ladkh region.
The system includes an antenna and bomb, night vision multifunctional glasses, and a digital control terminal that can be worn on the arm.
After being equipped with the system, soldiers at the frontline can communicate with the battalion commander at the command center via radio, according to the report.
Meanwhile, the commander can see the frontline by reading the video footage captured by the soldier’s camera equipped inside his jacket.
By viewing the footage, the commander can order to fire artillery targeting Indian soldiers, the report stated. It further claimed that soldiers can detonate the button when they approach Indian forces. This system would ensure that the Chinese side would win any potential conflict with the Indian army, the report stated.
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What a great gift idea. Do they deliver to D.C.?
What a hoot. I love this comment!
I want one.
I want one
with all my heart.
My brain says don’t be a fool!
How do you know the electronic dart
filled with light
Entering your eye
won’t cause you to die?
CHYna Why not just strap bombs on the kids?
ROFL
MAO
they must have stolen the technology from Dr. Emanuel..
I C what U did there
ROFL
MAO
How long before the chicoms mandate this helmet for every citizen? If you flunk the chicom social credit system, they press the button...
What could possibly go wrong?
Is is time for the Chinese PLA to take off their helmets and destroy their overlords in the CCP?
PLA- never strap on that helmet!
Coming soon to a theater near you... :)
I can see Biden having this feature built into masks and declawing anyone not wearing a mask will be shot on sight.
“I’ll bet $1 the Indians hack this.”
When first reading I thought this was the Babylon Bee. Anything, repeat anything digital can and will be hacked. Your idea of the Indians doing this is very realistic.
Imagine hordes of Chinese soldiers advancing on your position. You think the end is near, you are low on ammo, many of your buddies are dead or wounded. And all of a sudden the heads explode on all Chinese soldiers.
This exploding helmet idea is so dumb.
This isn’t satire?
Man, I hope they do this. This is Kingsman becoming real.
Russia will likely incorporate this into the Ratnik (Future Soldier) program.
Russia had “Punishment battallions” and NKVD detachments that would execute deserters during WWII.
Orders from headquarters..........we will continue to blow up your helmets until morale improves.
It’s a great deterrent for staying out of the commander’s wife’s panties.
Steel chin straps to keep them from taking off their Derby ‘o Death?
Or for politicians.🤔
How long before people with low social scores are made to wear one?
Another one of those, “sounds like a good idea until you think about it.”
But this has been done before, just with different technology.
“You’d be court martialed in a jiffy and face a firing squad before the day is over.”
If the number refusing is greater than the firing squad, the firing squad gets killed first.
If you don’t understand military numbers, look up squad vs platoon.
LOL!
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