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Military Hardware - Jet Suit Ship Boarding

  1. Tony C. Ωf Jury member May 4, 2021

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    I generally prefer to avoid any glorification of the military, including its hardware, but this video and its "micro-turbine" stars are pretty cool. Watch it full screen if you are on a computer!

     
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  2. Duracuir1 Never Used A Kodak May 4, 2021

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    Incredible and fantastic! Ship boarding is so dangerous! This seems safer. It may require some type of distraction in the case of armed ship boarding. Otherwise the pirates (or enemy) … 58F8784C-5F7A-4E1E-B782-4D9C786ED6D4.png 38A2DC45-FCD2-4E2C-B609-E9B963CF9763.png C7AC9E9C-8399-4DC5-A2BA-50154CE7197C.png 38C0A8E9-4F29-4054-BD78-621646259311.png 435256F3-506C-432B-80AB-6EB758D00270.png C9206CB5-BDDF-4FE5-916B-556A2CFD01D9.png 37618038-7ED7-4402-9B46-74B4BC86FF65.png 8B9C7134-F858-4C6F-8649-9CF032559113.png may act like duck hunters. I enjoyed it so much that I have included screen shots. Thank you!
     
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  3. Professor May 4, 2021

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    They need a light PDW attached to one or both of the arm units.
    Better yet a shoulder mounted projector to fire a spread of flash bang grenades with heads up display system mounted to the helmet. That should clear the deck for a LZ nicely.
     
  4. Fallout Boy May 4, 2021

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    One small flight for man, ....... :)
     
  5. jaguar11 May 4, 2021

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    Cool!!!!
     
  6. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' May 4, 2021

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    Looks like the same guy who invented that machine flying it around...I wanna see the crash-outtakes...
     
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  7. alam May 4, 2021

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    For sure something the pirates who attempted taking over Captain Phillips' ship could have used! :p
     
  8. 64Wing May 4, 2021

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    Neat toy, and I want to fly one, but seems like a disaster waiting to happen if the jet suit operator cannot use his hands for a show of force with a rifle or pistol. Especially since the rest of your boys are now a few minutes behind you and may not make it to rendezvous with you on the upper deck. Seems like a great way to get caught or killed while simultaneously handing technology to your enemy. Call me a skeptic
     
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  9. arturo7 May 5, 2021

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    want
     
  10. egri May 5, 2021

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    But did he wear a Speedmaster though?
     
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  11. egri May 5, 2021

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    I could see it working if used at night against an enemy like Somali pirates who probably don't have NVGs.
     
  12. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector May 5, 2021

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    Sink pretty quickly if he went in the drink......
     
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  13. 64Wing May 5, 2021

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    They do have ears though...

    Edit: ...which are directly connected to their nervous trigger fingers
     
  14. i20rider May 8, 2021

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    It is cool however it may serve a better purpose elsewhere. Forget trying to board a hostel vessel that way. Hard pass
     
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