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Future Army Battle Uniforms - Wired, Lethal

Posted by simoniker on from the serious-geek-hardware-spending dept.

ssyladin writes "CNN is running an article about the future US army battle dress, code-named 'Scorpion'. It says that "..soldiers of 2011 will step into wired uniforms that incorporate all the equipment they need. The uniforms will monitor vital signs and plug them into a massive network of satellites, unmanned planes and robotic vehicles the military has planned." There will be sensors to monitor heartrate and blood-pressure, built-in tourniquets, a HUD to connect to GPS info, overhead maps, infrared and starlight cameras, and even the venerable M16 rifles are slated for an overhaul."

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  1. FUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not first!

  2. Re:Inspired by MIT?... by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing. It was an attempt to score karma from the morons with mod points. Usually, if you post a comment with a link that's even slightly relevent, you get modded up. If it's within the first 20 comments, you'll get a +5, informative or interesting.

    To the moderators reading this: You SUCK.

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    I'm not Seth.

  3. Is the Scorpion a sign of Armagheddon? by surstrmming · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Am I the only one unsettled by the name of Scorpion for this?

    Revelation Chapter 9:

    9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit /.../
    This was written 2000 years ago. Try describing soldiers in high-tech outfits like the Scorpion in the poetic language of the times... perhaps that is what you are reading. The huge US army could be described as a swarm of locusts. Even men have long hair these days. The HID would be the crown of gold. The seal of God on their forehead could be the laser-engagement headgear mentioned in the CNN article. The sounds of their wings would be army choppers. And the Angel of the bottomless pit would be Bush in his command bunker.