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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian22 Jul 2016 2:46 p.m. PST

Were it not for efforts by the U.S. military to develop a lightweight, unarmored, all-terrain vehicle for the battlefield there might not be a market for SUVs today. It all began 75 years ago last December when the United States military adopted the 'jeep', and while the iconic military vehicle was phased out and replaced by the Humvee – the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in the early 1980s – the Army could go full circle and bring back the jeep…

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Mako1122 Jul 2016 4:46 p.m. PST

Perhaps, but flyboards are the real answer.

Some big company just bought the tech.

Think a militarized "Silver Surfer" with a smaller board.

Flies really fast from the footage I saw on Yahoo just a little while ago.

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