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.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
That was exactly my thought when I read the first paragraph !!
I’ll bet a backpack full of Tannerite would incentivize not getting shot. ‘ the f*** is is wrong with these people?
I bet the vast majority of soldiers will not consider pushing the button themselves. In fact they will also beg and plead with their officers not to do it.
“That outta boost the old morale”
The head explosions will continue until morale improves.
Right this moment, India's military has started a crash program to give each of it's soldiers personal pocket size jammers.
Hardly a self-destruct button if a commander can activate it remotely and without knowledge of the soldier.
According to the Epoch Times, this story comes from Chinese
state-run media, the China Observer... so this is the crap China’s government is putting out to the Chinese people. China’s a bit upset about their run-ins with India’s troops.
Well, that sucks for them.
It’d be easier just to give them a cyanide pill.
Yyyeahhh. About that, something tells me that the helmets aren't readily removable.
You can’t make them take the pill
The American scumbagleft and sold out whore Republicans love the Chicoms and will bring this here.
How long before the terrorscumpedophilegoatrapingsob’s start using these around the World ???
The Indians are pretty good at tech. Be a shame if they hacked this system! :)
Word to Chinese soldiers: don’t piss off your commander.
Well, if I were a Chinese soldier, I would likely decline to wear that helmet.
[ I’ll bet $1 the Indians hack this. Why fire bullets when you can just press a button and watch your enemy go splody. ]
In Hindu: Ha Ha, Helmet is be going BOOM!
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