Wanted: Special-Ops Battle Suit With Cooling, Computers, Radios, and Sensors 176
An anonymous reader writes "U.S. military researchers are asking industry for ideas on a futuristic uniform for Special Operations warfighters that involves agile air-conditioned armor with embedded computers, sensors, communications radios and antennas, signal processors, wearable displays, and health-monitoring systems. Among the technologies Special Operations Command officials are interested in most (PDF) are advanced armor to protect warfighters from bullets, shrapnel, and other battlefield threats, while preserving their mobility. The suit also may involve powered or unpowered robotic exoskeletons to improve warfighter performance and endurance, while enabling the warfighter to operate silently and unseen."
Advanced armor w/embedded tech. (Score:4, Insightful)
... a futuristic uniform for Special Operations warfighters that involves agile air-conditioned armor with embedded computers, sensors, communications radios and antennas, signal processors, wearable displays, and health-monitoring systems. ... officials are interested in advanced armor to protect warfighters from bullets, shrapnel, and other battlefield threats, while preserving their mobility.
Problem solved [wikipedia.org]. Some mobility may be limited.
Re:The Army is not the only one who wants this (Score:4, Insightful)
A swap is like a Gamer convention. Buttloads of stench and disease. Swapfunk in war will take out your entire army in short order.
In need of a chill out: (Score:4, Insightful)
"one 30Kiloton bomb"
So, you're saying to drop a nuke on the capital so they won't use chemical weapons?
Uh...
Listen to the doctor. Take the Xanax he prescribed, look at the pretty flowers and listen to soothing music.