US future soldier

[MaxDepth]

as hyped in CNN.com


now that may be all right for the military but give me a coupla good ol' boys with squirrel rifles, a pick 'em up truck, and a coupla case of PBR - and we'll keep the good ol' USA safe from those commie bastards.


or those persnickity canadians.
😀

 

[T3C]

i saw that on some TV show. it looks really cool.

 

[Bignate603]

Some of it won't make it to the battlefield in our lifetime, but the army's idea of creating a better equipped, faster moving force is much more applicable to what we face today.

 

[Dacalo]

Looks good, really high tech! Hope these can save some lives

 

[MaxDepth]

The History Channel show, Mail Call, showed the new rifle, the XM29, in action. Fun for you and the kids!

Whatareyoulookingatmaggot! (Mail Call Fourm)


Oh if only I could post some of his quotes from the movie, "Full Metal Jacket."

Actually this is the cleanest one:
Gunnery Sergeant: Did your parents have any children that lived?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, Yes Sir!
Gunnery Sergeant: I'll bet they regret that. Your so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece

 

[theNEOone]

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, a government-sponsored lab that opened on May 22, research could lead to external skeletons carrying artificial muscles that would make soldiers faster and stronger, said Paula Hammond, a research team leader.

nasty.

 

[MacBaine]

Smart land mines would protect troops' flanks under one project at the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The mines, connected wirelessly, could hop from the ground to fill voids if the minefield is breached.

Spider Mines! Spider Mines!

*Squeek Squeek!* *BOOM*