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More on Next-Generation Army Gear
An anonymous reader writes "The Army is funding development of new super suits. From the article: 'The Army's future soldier will resemble something out of a science fiction movie'. 'The new system has the ability for each soldier to be tied into tactical local and wide-area networks with an onboard computer that sits at the base of the soldier's back' and 'The helmet has sensors that register vibrations of the cranial cavity so [soldiers] don't have to have a microphone'. The article features several photos of the suits."
The government will always make sure that we have someone to fight.
Technoli
Alternatively, you can continue as is. Much more likely, I think, as the world has gotten quite happy with a very low level of military spending in the presence of the 800# gorilla.
And the USA is equally happy to don the gorilla suit, for the rest of the world's simultaneous horror and bemusement.
If I was just about any country in the world, my attitude would be this: Let the gorilla thrash around long enough, and eventually he'll tire out. Or run out of money. We spend lots, but money can't buy guts. Send a few Americans home in body bags and their resolve dissipates.
The thing I'd be most worried about is the seemingly inevitable transition from Republic to Empire. But the course is set, it's not like the EU or China is going to suddenly push things further in that direction with a huge arms build-up. Rather, they'll be happy to divide up the spoils once we're spent.
It's like when someone asked Mao Tse Tung what he thought the impact of the French Revolution was: "It's too early to tell."