The Pentagon is hoping that a new type of suit will give its soldiers super-human powers. It would be made from a newly developed super-strong but super-lightweight fabric that could stop bullets and increase the soldiers muscle power up to a hundredfold.If and when they get the super-suit perfected, is there any question they'll be limited to the standing army/"Only Ones," and possession by the "militia" will be verboten?
This story reminded me of one of my favorite old "Outer Limits" episodes.
Michael Ansara I believe was in that episode. I DO miss the OL. Or maybe just the era.
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ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of Himmler, Hitler, the SS and their "Aryan" fantasy.
E.D.Q., what I was reminded of. This is nothing new actually, maybe a new development, but been watching for a little while
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hairy hobbit - Victory by making our guns ineffective....Thereby making We The People a moot point - or, in other words, subjects.
ReplyDeleteIf this is real, we'd better figure out a way to defeat it!
ReplyDeleteFind a way to use the suits against the wearers. Make the "strength" into a "weakness".
ReplyDeleteJust as a theoretical, if I were wearing this suit, first I doubt I'd be as nimble as a non-armored opponent. Assuming I were immune to long range rifle fire, which I doubt, I don't think I'd want to go up against an insurgent popping up from nowhere with a dollar's worth of gasoline, a Coke bottle and a rag...
ReplyDeleteThis is very old news. I remember reading about a so-called super suit in Defense Weekly back in 1990. Same thing, hundred-fold increase in physical strength, defaet up to a .50 cal, had built in missle launcher and .50 cal machine gun. A group of soliders in these contraptions were to be loaded in a B2 bomb rack and dropped over their target to parachute in and cause destruction and mayhem. They looked kind of like the Deep Sea GYM suits, not quite as bulky. I can only imagine how far they have come with this since I first read about it 17 years ago.
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