| Tango01 | 16 Dec 2020 1:16 p.m. PST |
"Russia's premier defense contractor Rostec has delivered around 300,000 exoskeleton suits to the country's military. The technology involved in these suits enables them to carry heavy equipment without affecting their movement. Known as ‘Ratnik combat outfits', these suits have been supplied by the Central Research Institute of Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash), which is a part of Rostec, over a period of eight years…" YouTube link
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It looks like the U.S. military's exoskeleton program has problems …. "The inside story behind the Pentagon's ill-fated quest for a real-life ‘Iron Man' suit". link Amicalement
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 16 Dec 2020 3:12 p.m. PST |
We've already got a glimpse of exos in 'Elysium' and 'Edge of Tomorrow':
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| Tango01 | 16 Dec 2020 3:16 p.m. PST |
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| arealdeadone | 16 Dec 2020 3:51 p.m. PST |
Hilarious given their army is severely lacking in basic equipment such as platoon level radios. |
 Legion 4  | 16 Dec 2020 4:38 p.m. PST |
You got that right ! Sounds more like posturing, chest beating and sabre rattling that Putin does for local consumption … again … |
| Cuprum2 | 16 Dec 2020 5:50 p.m. PST |
Rather, it suggests that Putin needs a small but well-equipped, professional army. The rest, worse equipped, conscript part of the army, serves to train reservists. And he is preparing not for a big war (nuclear forces are enough to contain NATO), but for small and local operations. |
| Legion 4 | 17 Dec 2020 8:29 a.m. PST |
That would be one way to think of it. Of course as always do they have the tech and money to make it a reality ? |
| Tango01 | 17 Dec 2020 12:29 p.m. PST |
Cuprum 2 + 1
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 17 Dec 2020 4:57 p.m. PST |
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| Cuprum2 | 17 Dec 2020 8:04 p.m. PST |
If I forget my login password again))) |
| Legion 4 | 18 Dec 2020 9:42 a.m. PST |
You may have been hacked by … no … wait … never mind … |
| Thresher01 | 18 Dec 2020 5:31 p.m. PST |
Can't wait to see how they plan to power these. Clearly the tech works, but powering it without an umbilical power cable will prove challenging. |
| Legion 4 | 19 Dec 2020 10:58 a.m. PST |
I'm sure someone is working on it. And it will be years before we know for sure … |
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