Soldiers of Tomorrow. . .
 

I was reading an article in Popular Science about combat technology when they mentioned this site. Worth checking out, some very interesting ideas, even if many are still just theoretical.

http://web.mit.edu/isn/

that's intresting, but i think it's a bit too futuristic. like that artical about the exoskelton for making soldiers have super human strenghth. too impractical

Someone post a picture of the concept Future Warrior, the US Army's concept suit for soldiers past the 21st century. Not the Land Warrior, the one that looks like a black Biker Suit, with the helmet. That thing is so sick.

yeah a bit sick to look at also. i always hated skin tight clothing. basically it looks like a black power ranger, and it's said to be able to have predator camouflage, i dont know how they'll accomplish that, but i think it sounds quite foolish.

Did you read what that thing can do, though? Undectable by any means of radar, it's air-conditioned, and it has like 3 built-in weapons in the suit.

That's indeed, amazing.

/meh enlists as 11bravo

Here's the only pics I can find so far:

[img]http://a.abcnews.com/media/US/images/ho_soldier_21st2_010621_w.jpg[/img]

Smart Keyboard
[img]http://www.madetomeasuremag.com/features/graphics/smartkeyboard.jpg[/img]

Intergrated Communications Atennna
[img]http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/pa/future1.jpg[/img]

Individual Rocket-Propelled Grenade System
[img]http://www.spacedaily.com/images/soldier-future-bg.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2001/200105153a.jpg[/img]

Meh. Looks too Sci Fi.

Robocop.

There was also a thing on Mail Call that has an Assault Rifle with a camera on it, and they can use it to see around corners. That's some pretty sci-fi shit, RPGs on your wrist...

[img]http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/random_shite916.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.spacedaily.com/images/soldier-future-bg.jpg[/img]
^^^I wanna be THAT for Halloween!

"Trick or treat!
Here, have some apples!
*holds up wristheld RPG*
um...ok...take my candy!"

but with that keyboard, they need a screen and a CPU, so when theyre alone in the field, they can...oh...you know...

sounds sweet

yeah we know sclass....so they can spam internet chat forums oOo:

From what I read, the face sheild actually has a Heads-Up Display (HUD) showing a GPS map, with different options, such as setting waypoints so the solder knows which way to go, rather than orenitating with a compass, and can also locate other nearby broadcast stations, such as vehicles with radio frequencys & radar dishes.

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":897aa]Here's the only pics I can find so far:

[img]http://a.abcnews.com/media/US/images/ho_soldier_21st2_010621_w.jpg[/img]

Smart Keyboard
[img]http://www.madetomeasuremag.com/features/graphics/smartkeyboard.jpg[/img]

Intergrated Communications Atennna
[img]http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/pa/future1.jpg[/img]

Individual Rocket-Propelled Grenade System
[img]http://www.spacedaily.com/images/soldier-future-bg.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2001/200105153a.jpg[/img][/quote:897aa]


Very Starship Trooperish.

What one must consider is that the soldier has a microsecond to choose whether or not to fire his rifle at the enemy. Is it really practicle for him to be thinking about relaying the images of the enemy to his platoon commander or messing around with his keyboard and advanced weapons systems? That suit will not stop a high velocity round, it's better to keep things nice and simple for the average grunt, perhaps those suits will be more useful for recce and special forces missions.