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2006-05-30 Science & Technology

Carbon fiber wing for Paratroopers alows 200km glide.

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Posted by 3dc 2006-05-30 13:18|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Course it's going to require each soldat to carry 150 lbs. of O2. Other than that we're set. Oh, and thermal protection, 50 lbs of insulation, other than that we're ready to go. Or and maybe some sort of navigation device, that's a long way to keep formation. Maybe a little GPS to go. Other than that....

Posted by 6 2006-05-30 16:11|| 2006-05-30 16:11|| Front Page Top

#2 The suborbital man cannon sounds like a better idea.

Posted by ed 2006-05-30 16:15|| 2006-05-30 16:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Lunch, you forgot lunch and a beverage.
gun, ammo, helmet, boots, extra sox, radio,

Posted by wxjames 2006-05-30 16:16|| 2006-05-30 16:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Pfffff....zis is not so nu! We had is bauk in der day. It was der early Draeger chute which created zos nasty scars on my face.

Posted by Otto Skorzeny 2006-05-30 16:23|| 2006-05-30 16:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Skorzeny... now there was the orignial gutsy inventive operator.

Too bad he was working for the wrong team.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-05-30 17:09|| 2006-05-30 17:09|| Front Page Top

#6 http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001506.html

HALO/Oxygen/GPS gear for SOF check

http://www.bird-man.com/?n=News&id=948

Rockets and Suit Check

Sounds like they just upgraded to carbon fiber wings for more control and slow final approach to something within reason of landing without major injury or parachute.

And I would imagine this would be reserved for SOF forces for many reasons. Expense, Special Training needed, and of course could you imagine trying to fly hundreds or thousands of these babies in the dark bad weather without a major FUBAR incident. I could easily picture 5-10 man squads gliding in thou. 40 miles would allow to drop in international air space and still glide in deep.

Posted by C-Low 2006-05-31 00:02|| 2006-05-31 00:02|| Front Page Top

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