|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: Charles Jannuzi
||
|| The last time they did this they found that it was impossible
|| to carry all
|| the equipment. This led to a discussion of what type of
|| soldier, physically
|| speaking, they should have. It turned out all the junk hung
|| well on the guys
|| built like football players, but these guys dropped from heat stroke and
|| exhaustion far faster than the average soldier. Like one Brit
|| solider said
|| at a NATO exercise: 'You Yanks carry too much stuff and how in the fuck
|| could you learn to use it all anyway?"
||
|| Charles Jannuzi
||
Ergo the exoskeleton. Another overpriced pie in the sky like star wars, but like the HUD helmet, it's gonna bring Silicon Valey on board the defence gravy train in a big way.
Hakki