Posted on 08/25/2003 11:19:53 AM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:05 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Call it Superman meets the Terminator meets Predator meets Universal Soldier. A futuristic battle suit being designed by Dow Corning, the U.S. Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology would, among other advantages, give soldiers the ability to leap tall walls with a single bound, blend in to various backgrounds with the push of a button and repel bullets.
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It MUST be nuclear, or wouldn't last more than an hour or so in battle. And it would be hard to find an outlet to rechange the damn thing in the desert.
Because such a suit would be no more powerful than the knight errant soldier wearing it. The idea is to augment the soldier.
Yep, soon a platoon if US soldiers will be able to take on brigade or division size conventional forces.
Of course their gear will cost more than a conventional divisions too.
When the current equipment upgrade is finished in '07 we will be nearing $100,000 per infantryman for standard issue combat loadout.
So9
Classwork assignment, Warbots series Author HG Stine.
Carry on
Which is what will happen within an hour or two unless we use nuclear. But enviro wackos will not allow it.
Ummm, the OICWS is supposed to be 6lbs lighter than an M-16 equipped with a grenade launcher...
MIT is already working with the grant money. They're creating a completely distributed wireless network of ground rovers (essentially computer controlled 4-wheelers) with several stacks of remotely or computer controlled arial vehicles as additional weapons platforms/spotters. All of them capable of serving as routers within the network to handle bandwith and distribute traffic. Any one can be lost without impairing the network. Some kid will be sitting with a controller in Tampa making the final call about whether to pull the trigger.
MIT is already working with the grant money. They're creating a completely distributed wireless network of ground rovers (essentially computer controlled 4-wheelers) with several stacks of remotely or computer controlled arial vehicles as additional weapons platforms/spotters. All of them capable of serving as routers within the network to handle bandwith and distribute traffic. Any one can be lost without impairing the network. Some kid will be sitting with a controller in Tampa making the final call about whether to pull the trigger.
Saw them playing with one on Ermey's Mail Call. They were showing off how the laser range finder lets the trooper put a 20mm explosive round through a window and put holes in the guys hiding inside. Works the same way 'around' corners and walls. Bad ass.
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