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Is this gonna revolutionize warfare?

Chaspowr3 said:
This is indeed crazy. What will happen when this technology diffuses to postcolonial states? Will it increase border skirmishes with frequent infiltrations?
www.cnn.com

Watch these UK commandos fly over the sea with new jet pack | CNN Business

The British Royal Navy and Royal Marines tested out a jet suit developed by the company Gravity Industries. Gravity says its suit can fly up to 80 mph and climb to 12,000 feet in the air.
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Great, but how long will it operate before running out of fuel?

Looked it up and unless he improved it a lot only 4 minutes.

www.wired.co.uk

Inside Gravity’s daring mission to make jetpacks a reality

Inventors like Richard Browning have been trying to build jetpacks for a century. Now they’re here, what do we do with them?
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Either side of the engine, two large white fuel bladders carry enough fuel – kerosene or diesel – for up to a four-minute flight.
 
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I can see why the Royal Marines would find it useful. Landing small numbers of relatively lightly armed troops quickly onto moving boats is their thing.

I'm not seeing a massive usage in many other situations though.

Looks pretty cool though and I can guarantee a bunch of people volunteering to be drop troopers!
 
pcgeek11 said:
Great, but how long will it operate before running out of fuel?

Looked it up and unless he improved it a lot only 4 minutes.

www.wired.co.uk

Inside Gravity’s daring mission to make jetpacks a reality

Inventors like Richard Browning have been trying to build jetpacks for a century. Now they’re here, what do we do with them?
www.wired.co.uk www.wired.co.uk

Either side of the engine, two large white fuel bladders carry enough fuel – kerosene or diesel – for up to a four-minute flight.
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Will have to look at the video again; seem to have missed that.
 
No, still more of a proof of concept at this point. A lot needs to change if it's going to make primetime.

They're loud, bulky, very short ranged, require time plus help to put on and take off, and using it means your busy flying and not focused on shooting/not being shot.

Unless there is a way to cut free all the hardware with a quick release and your access to weapons isn't affected, I don't see these suits making much headway in combat or interdiction missions.
 
I dont see it.
BUT since its there, I guess someone higherup does.

What I COULD see it as is a get-away package, suppose you are holed up somewhere, waiting for a target, with limited exit routes... Do the deed and ... FELICA OUT BITCHES....
 
Who is the first AT volunteer to use this to fly on to a drug runners boat?
Anyone?

Sure it works bit what is the plan once you land assuming you actually can land without being shot.
Whole thing needs to be a lot smaller, lighter and easy to move around with when not in the air or maybe some kind of Iron Man armored suit. Regardless what is shown is more like a toy to use at a tourist spot or on a cruise ship.
 
Chaspowr3 said:
This is indeed crazy. What will happen when this technology diffuses to postcolonial states? Will it increase border skirmishes with frequent infiltrations?
www.cnn.com

Watch these UK commandos fly over the sea with new jet pack | CNN Business

The British Royal Navy and Royal Marines tested out a jet suit developed by the company Gravity Industries. Gravity says its suit can fly up to 80 mph and climb to 12,000 feet in the air.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
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Why would you expose troops to the open air, where bullets, lasers, and drones can gain line of sight on them?
I am seeing a niche use for this, at best.
 
I could see this technology being useful in the future, but like others said... it has to be easy to wear (and remove), quieter, longer-lasting, and easy enough to control that you can do something else while you fly. Maybe even automate the flight process to some degree.
 
Lemme see here.....stealthy? Don't think so. Infil/exfil will be like an opening act at a rock concert. Won't work for hit and run/snatch and grab gigs either. Hostage rescue? Nah, not practical unless the hostage knows how to use those Commando Cody strap-ons, but would be really great for creating a diversion via the user being a live target practice dummy.

Besides, once you get where you want to go, you're not gonna want to shed the pack and leave it behind you once the op is accomplished seeing as if there's hardly any fuel left to make a clean getaway, unless it was used only for a one way trip out of the AO.

Limited capabilities, but might be a have-to-have-or-no-go in a unique scenario of some kind or another.
 
I could see a limited use like fly behind an enemy and carry a light machine gun, would have to master flying at treetop level or roofline level.
Again has potential but needs a lot of progress.
 
This is the sort of thing Roger Moore era James Bond would have been up for...but it's too late, Bond's gone gritty and realistic now.
 
I think it makes more sense for non-military uses as some people have suggested above. However, that 4 minute fuel load is a serious problem. I don't think it's really all that solvable either. Adding larger fuel tanks and more fuel will only add mass, requiring even more fuel. And there's only so much larger and bulkier the suit can be before it becomes too awkward to use for any purpose.
 
Jaskalas said:
Why would you expose troops to the open air, where bullets, lasers, and drones can gain line of sight on them?
I am seeing a niche use for this, at best.
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I can see it working for landing on a hijacked oil tanker, those are massive and usually only held by a handful of people.

Or any situation that involves landing a guy on a vessel to secure a line for rescue.
 
Iron Man go brrrrr.

Maybe in 20 years these suits would be useful. Otherwise it looks like a toy for thrill seekers.
 
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