"Iron Man" Full-Body Powered Armor for Infantry Proceeding

The part they're having the most problem with turns out to be the biggest challenge for Tony Stark, too -- the power for the power suit. And of course there's no such thing as "the ARC reactor." (Although later the "ARC" name was used for a hypothetical, yet-unbuilt Affordable Robust Compact fusion reactor.)

One partial solution I'm pretty sure they'll get to eventually: Build a stronger version of this freaky scary robot "dog" that can carry a huge battery on it. Maybe even a pebble-bed fission reactor. The suit can get charged off the reactor as he walks, unplug from the power-dog when doing combat-oriented stuff, and of course plug in to charge its smaller backpack battery during pure downtime.

Imagine that freaky-looking robot dog walking around with a reactor and a power-cord connected to the "Iron Man" powered armor (depicted below).

Shit, most people would just flee in terror.

Posted by: Ace at 04:35 PM

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1 Awesome!

Posted by: GOULD at May 23, 2017 04:36 PM (Hj4t4)

2 Cool!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2017 04:36 PM (NOIQH)

3 OK, the dog kind reminds me of the AMY (or however it was spelled) robot in "Red Planet."

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (NOIQH)

4 even I could become a power bottom with this suit...

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (DpOmP)

5 But will it fight Global Climate Change?

Posted by: The Question at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (7wyDO)

6

Fun post.

Thanks for this.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (fceHP)

7 Build a windmill on top, duh.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (oVJmc)

8 So the Mobile Infantry is slowing coming into being.

Yeah power source will always be a problem unless you use the soldier as part of the energy system to power the armor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (N7Wva)

9 Why can't these suits be powered by a compact diesel engine/hydraulic pump?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (QQ+il)

10 And we STILL won't be able to beat a bunch of pirates in dirty nightshirts living in caves and making nail bombs.

Instead, that thing's going to show up at my door because I up-voted a Gavin McInnes video.

Posted by: RKae at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (i3rHh)

11 Nope. Don't need men in armored suits.

Real men sit at computer consoles and drive[\i] armored drones.

Posted by: Adalhard Scott at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (wXj+9)

12 hells bells

Posted by: Adalhard Scott at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (wXj+9)

13 Talos?
Can it protect me from an arrow in the knee?

Posted by: wooga at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (Pegcs)

14 They could have ripped the video from a cutscene in Halo and it'd be about the same.

I was hoping for some actual test footage.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (KUaJL)

15 Dear Horde:

If you want to get me a gift because I like gifts, I would like this and the robot dog please.

Not entirely hatefully, me

Seriously, though, that "dog" robot thingy is nightmare fuel.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)

16 Shit.
This just means that chicks will continue to ruin my infantry

Posted by: Hobbiehawk at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (Qot/z)

17

It's bit of a Master Chief look

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:40 PM (493sH)

18 Pebble-bed? Maybe. Or heck a well shielded RTG in the back.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:40 PM (N7Wva)

19 I suspect a sand-blaster would grind it to a halt.
Then there's the mud, ice, maintenance, snow, rain, etc.
Call me skeptical.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2017 04:40 PM (26aeI)

20 Awesome. Until the software craps out.

I'll take a rifle, tyvm...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2017 04:40 PM (MINbv)

21 But how big is it's schvantz?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 23, 2017 04:40 PM (HgMAr)

22 Lots of tanks would be better than Power Armor.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 04:40 PM (QQ+il)

23 "Backlash!"

It's what's for breakfast!

Now fortified with Iron . . . -Man Suits!

Posted by: filbert at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (s5o+q)

24 The conference room was empty, except for a small pile of papers on the table in front of one chair. Was I too early for our meeting? Not according to the clock on the wall.

As I walked into the room, suddenly I was tackled from behind! My assailant took me down to the ground and quickly had me in a headlock. He was rubbing one hand on my hair and laughing!

Almost without thinking, using my superior size, I rolled on my back and slammed him into the carpet. I could feel his hands loosen from my neck and I flipped over, straddling his chest.

"Okay, you got me, Jimmy, ha ha!" he said. "But I had you there for a while!"

I let him up and we both shook hands and hugged.

"Okay, Jimmy, I have to get down to business." Bob Mueller tucked his shirt in and took his seat at the table as we both caught our breath. He looked down at a piece of paper.

"My appointment as Special Counsel," he said. "I can go after three things. First, I'm supposed to continue the investigation you've been doing. Second, I'm supposed to search for any links between Trump and his crew and Russia. And third, anything else I happen to stumble upon."

"So I need to know, Jimmy," he continued, "what is the investigation you've been doing? Were you investigating the hack of the DNC server?"

"Oh no, not that. I didn't even look at the server. Whatever the DNC says about it is good enough for me."

"Were you investigating the hack of Podesta's emails?"

"Podesta's emails? Oh no, I don't want to go anywhere near Podesta's emails. Yuck. I've got children myself, Bob!"

"Were you investigating leaks of classified information? Did you start with Yates, Clapper, that bunch?"

"Oh no, not that. I'm sure that whatever they may have done, they had good reason for doing so."

"So was it the unmasking?" he asked. "Were you looking into Obama people using our spying apparatus to keep tabs on Trump during the campaign?"

"Oh no, not that. Look, if we can't trust President Obama and his team, who can we trust?"

"So what was it, Jimmy? What have you been investigating?"

"It's the tramps, Bobby. I just can't get my mind off the tramps.

"What tramps?"

"The three tramps. They were picked up for vagrancy by Dallas police after the assassination. I mean, they didn't really look like tramps. What were they doing near Dealey Plaza? Let's face it, Bob, they can only be one of three things: CIA, Mafia or KGB."

Mueller looked at me for a long second and then looked down at his watch. "You know what, Jimmy. Let's knock off for the day. How about a beer? You got time for a beer before heading home? So how's the wife? What are the kids up to?"

Posted by: Excerpts from James Comey's Diary at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (m5dkR)

25 AMEE was the robot dog who flipped into Killer mode.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (N7Wva)

26 >>If you want to get me a gift because I like gifts, I would like this and the robot dog please.

Uhhhh, you're not put off by its spider-like legs?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (NOIQH)

27
I'd like a power dog, mine just sort of lays around and begs for food.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (ODxAs)

28 OT - Breaking - Police launch an investigation relating to the Manchester attack

http://tinyurl.com/m9let3t

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 04:42 PM (7HtZB)

29 fighting for faggotry where ever it is opposed, Go Joe!

Posted by: jihadi at May 23, 2017 04:42 PM (I64i9)

30 Don't wear the TALOS 4

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2017 04:42 PM (IqV8l)

31 Police launch an investigation relating to the Manchester attack "

It'll take years of sleuthing...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2017 04:42 PM (MINbv)

32 I'd like a power dog, mine just sort of lays around and begs for food.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (ODxAs)

He's a Democrat?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:43 PM (493sH)

33
Uhhhh, you're not put off by its spider-like legs?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2017 04:41 PM (NOIQH)

Well, yes, but on the other hand I can make people flee in terror before me and I like that more.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 23, 2017 04:43 PM (mf5HN)

34 AlextheChick, tomorrow night's Powerball jackpot is worth $140 million cash.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:43 PM (N7Wva)

35
video looks like a reproduction of RoboCop.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 23, 2017 04:44 PM (ODxAs)

36 >>AMEE was the robot dog who flipped into Killer mode.

Yes, that's it!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2017 04:44 PM (NOIQH)

37 28 OT - Breaking - Police launch an investigation relating to the Manchester attack

http://tinyurl.com/m9let3t

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 04:42 PM (7HtZB)
The "warrior" genes are gone, extinguished. Just the vapid, vanquished remain. Churchill weeps.

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 04:45 PM (2+tI4)

38 Before John Ringo and the Posleen, there was Robert Heinlein and Starship Troopers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:45 PM (N7Wva)

39 >>Before John Ringo and the Posleen, there was Robert Heinlein and Starship Troopers.

Those suits were awesome.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2017 04:45 PM (NOIQH)

40 Robot dog looks (and sounds) like a fly.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (IqV8l)

41 Twitter - madness.

Posted by: Adalhard Scott at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (wXj+9)

42 Before John Ringo and the Posleen, there was Robert Heinlein and Starship Troopers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:45 PM (N7Wva)

No, before Ringo it was Pete Best

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (493sH)

43 The Adeptus Astartes are smiling.

Posted by: Defenestratus at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (a9n6M)

44 Coming sooner than you think: Skynet vs jihadis.

Posted by: Locarno at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (uewzi)

45 Even I could be of use in fighting these bastards at my age with that suit on!

Posted by: Strobe at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (gbWkA)

46 I am Iron Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7_WbiR79E

Posted by: Ozzy at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (DpOmP)

47 so what, no gun? he just busts down the door and after the jihadis run out of ammo he hugs is out with them? where is the part where he grabs one jihadi and beats the other two with him? how bout something novel like going in with a baseball bat?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (cPsPa)

48 the compact nuclear powered rail gun from Snowcrash would be a useful addition

Posted by: tmitsss at May 23, 2017 04:47 PM (ZYgGF)

49 How about Ripley's power suit in Alien?

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2017 04:47 PM (Ot7+c)

50 freaky scary robot "dog"

A waste of perfectly good taxpayer dollars.

Posted by: DaveA at May 23, 2017 04:47 PM (FhXTo)

51 Squad, deploy extension cords and prepare to advance!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 23, 2017 04:48 PM (oVJmc)

52 First Roger Moore dies and now this!!!

Posted by: Bummer at May 23, 2017 04:48 PM (K3F/8)

53
Apparently we need an Iron Man suit to protect us against psycho Wolverine.

sheesh. http://tinyurl.com/lvlfatw

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 23, 2017 04:48 PM (ODxAs)

54 First Roger Moore dies and now this!!!
Posted by: Bummer at May

you deploying that on every thread today?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM (cPsPa)

55 Hold on. It took us how long to get the M17 and M18 MH?

We will see this when AOSHQ is but a memory.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM (sQgZv)

56 Eh, not bad.

Posted by: Captain America at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM (72PAC)

57 You'll never look better!

Posted by: Joseph A. Bank at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM (/jDGf)

58 Or one could skip the whole battery pack idea and borrow from Tesla.

You beam power to the suits. Of course half of the unit will then be spent depending the power station.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM (N7Wva)

59 a compact diesel engine/hydraulic pump?

Hydrogen or Methanol fuel cell or turbine = less weight and maybe less noise.

Posted by: DaveA at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM (FhXTo)

60 I think this suit is completely impractical, but I'll need $3B over the next five years to be absolutely sure.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 23, 2017 04:50 PM (oVJmc)

61 >> the compact nuclear powered rail gun from Snowcrash would be a useful addition

Now I want Pizza.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2017 04:50 PM (/jDGf)

62 The interesting problem for modern western militaries isn't the quality of the equipment versus their opponents...it is their willingness to use it.

The America of 1945 could have defeated ISIS in short order. It would not have been "pretty", but militaries victories never will be.

Something like this suit is actually designed to minimize collateral damage. Soldiers in powered armor that is immune to small arms fire could neutralize their opponents with less firepower - presumably even small arms fire of their own if not melee weapons (if the durability of the armor in the attached cartoon is presumed to be realistic).

This is not an effective use of our military budget.

How many dumb bombs and a B-52 can you get for the price of a powered armor suit?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 04:50 PM (eSx+E)

63 Those Armored suits in The Expanse are pretty cool.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 23, 2017 04:50 PM (+y0MR)

64 Squad, deploy extension cords and prepare to advance!
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 23, 2017 04:48 PM (oVJmc)

Shinji, you suck. Now get in the giant robot.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 23, 2017 04:50 PM (Tnhbr)

65 May just kicked the terror level way up and I'm hearing they expect another attack "imminently." Is it wrong to hope it's at one of the "diversity celebrations" if it really has to happen at all? She's asking for military support. Shit's gettin' real, even for them.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (EgOr3)

66 Of course half of the unit will then be spent depending the power station.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:49 PM

is the power station incontinent?

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (ZQfW9)

67 http://tinyurl.com/k6r74eh

Posted by: IKE at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (48QDY)

68 First Roger Moore dies and now this!!!
Posted by: Bummer at May

you deploying that on every thread today?

This is the one and only day that I can. So yes.

Posted by: Bummer at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (K3F/8)

69 Second look at The Power of Love?

Posted by: Huey Lewis at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (/jDGf)

70 Or one could skip the whole battery pack idea and borrow from Tesla.

You beam power to the suits. Of course half of the unit will then be spent depending the power station.
Posted by: Anna Puma

If you could beam power to the suit, why not just crank up the power and zap the bad guys?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (Njtx4)

71 Robot dog gives me the creeps, serious creeps. A manifestation of what the future holds, I'm afraid.

As Tom Clancy pointed out, when you are being hunted by a machine without feelings, without compassion, without concern about anything (including itself) but killing you as a programmed function, then the game has changed in a very final way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (ZO497)

72 28 OT - Breaking - Police launch an investigation relating to the Manchester attack

http://tinyurl.com/m9let3t

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 04:42 PM (7HtZB)
They need collateral damage. If those kids in Manchester were "soldiers", then we need to rip those bastards to shreds

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (2+tI4)

73
Cool. We need to adapt this technology for another use. This is for fightin'. I'm talking about another f-in'....Fornicatin'.

A sexually enhancing exoskeleton/body suit/whatever. Something that would allow me to actually be physically capable of some of the "missions" my mind can dream up.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (8O3HH)

74 *rummages around*

Oh yeah, Madox-01 suit

https://youtu.be/MvQSl3Kske0

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (N7Wva)

75
You beam power to the suits. Of course half of the unit will then be spent depending the power station.
***
Most concepts for wireless power transmission fail for the reason that wireless power is dangerous. Get between the transmitter and receiver for that maser/laser/whatever and you melt.

Heck, this is half of the idea in the old "Fortress America" boardgame.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (eSx+E)

76 In other news:

https://tinyurl.com/lvlfatw

Never trust a clown.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (XsVWn)

77 Power Dog

Posted by: gnewt at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (mesZS)

78 61 >> the compact nuclear powered rail gun from Snowcrash would be a useful addition

Now I want Pizza.

and it better not be late

Posted by: tmitsss at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (ZYgGF)

79 Yeah I know we can't get batteries that hold a charge or radios that keep a crypto fill for a few days but these things are totally gonna be 100% uptime and not just pin their operators to the ground when they take a dump at the worst possible time!

Posted by: Industry Bro Selling to Senators and POG Staff Os at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (wx6iv)

80 What is the obvious counter to powered armor, suits of?

Thinking
Thinking
Got it!

A bigger gun!

Posted by: Adalhard Scott at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (wXj+9)

81 I can't wait until police departments get this technology. Because you know they will.

Can't. frickin. wait.

Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (xjiRE)

82 "depending" Wow what a typo....

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:53 PM (N7Wva)

83 I was under the impression that the Big Dog program had been cancelled. It's hard to sneak up on the enemy when you're accompanied by a lawnmower on stilts.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 04:53 PM (LAe3v)

84 What was the title of the story The Gun Without a Bang? they discuss how the main characters laser gun instantly killed or vaporized things without pain or suffering. we need fewer vaporized jihadis and more horribly maimed and wounded jihadis to dissuade others for joining their team. then lots of ridicule and humor too.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 04:53 PM (cPsPa)

85 You beam power to the suits.

Any beam that can deliver useful amounts of power could just be focused on the target instead.

Posted by: DaveA at May 23, 2017 04:53 PM (FhXTo)

86 Given Trump's penchant for hearing things mentioned once and then abruptly blurting them out in inappropriate contexts, you have to wonder if powered armor was among the mil-tech sales he promised to the Saudis last week.

Oh, to have been a fly on that wall.

Trump: "We have great military gear. The best. No one can come close. No expense spared. Why, we have, um, attack dogs with bees in their mouths! So when they bark they shoot bees at you!"

Saudi King Salman [eyes narrowed]: "Dogs? Dogs are _haram_."

Trump: "Oh, no, it's okay. These are, uh, Weimaraners."

Posted by: torquewrench at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (ujwCG)

87 How many dumb bombs and a B-52 can you get for the price of a powered armor suit?

-
We'll make it up in volume.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (Nwg0u)

88 This is for Law Enforcement as well. Those "domestic violence" calls phoned in by feminists being victimized by men need dealing with. And don't forget about the drug dealers selling pot.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (2qHjF)

89 Related, I suppose, but I suspect that drone technology is only about 5 years away from allowing the hobbyist to fly 50-100 miles or more away.

Think about that for asymmetrical warfare.

Or dropping a shit ton of pork products on Mecca.

You know, during the hadj 'cause they're hungry out there in the desert.

So, drone technology as a delivery vehicle for biological warfare is coming.

And the idea of custom viruses has been around since Syphon Filter.

A dart to deliver the virus. Not even while flying. Just land it in a discreet spot and shoot.

Or even a willing "suicide bomber" to carry it.

Think about that when you think of what civil war in the US will look like.

Shooting the enemy with guns will be outdated in the next major war.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (ZQpd0)

90 >>>Pebble-bed? Maybe. Or heck a well shielded RTG in the back.

isn't rtg low-power?

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (8rNrN)

91 The interesting problem for modern western militaries isn't the quality of the equipment versus their opponents...it is their willingness to use it.

The America of 1945 could have defeated ISIS in short order. It would not have been "pretty", but militaries victories never will be.

Crystalline this.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (QQ+il)

92 The America of 1945 could have defeated ISIS in short order. It would not have been "pretty", but militaries victories never will be.
---------

True. And, using the technology/weapons contemporary to that time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (ZO497)

93
65 May just kicked the terror level way up and I'm hearing they expect another attack "imminently." Is it wrong to hope it's at one of the "diversity celebrations" if it really has to happen at all? She's asking for military support. Shit's gettin' real, even for them.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (EgOr3)
Better not be our military. Let them fight this alone. Otherwise, they'll disavow us with every moslem death or deportation. They invited it, they own it

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (2+tI4)

94 Not Beam Power.

Bean Power.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM (/jDGf)

95 Most concepts for wireless power transmission fail for the reason that wireless power is dangerous. Get between the transmitter and receiver for that maser/laser/whatever and you melt.

Heck, this is half of the idea in the old "Fortress America" boardgame.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 04:52 PM (eSx+E)

High five for remembering that game

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (7HtZB)

96 We are still trying to get the perfect battery for all the gear we have today. Unless we start carrying uranium or invent something that can charge on thin air we are stumped until a breakthrough. Geez I'm still tying to figure out how to keep my ATpIAL charged.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (sQgZv)

97 or maybe just 1000 sparrow sized flying bombs with facial recognition, or all sorts of recognition. Recognize certain (infrastructure critical, or whatever) hardware and fly in and blow it up.

Or in the above video ... 100 bird drones fly in and identify and kill, or kill switch can be remote. No need to put a man in the line of fire.

Then after we kill the enemy it can be commercialized to zap weeds in the corn field. Like they (say they) did with Tang.

Posted by: Illiniwek at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (TmCOq)

98 >>>83 I was under the impression that the Big Dog program had been cancelled. It's hard to sneak up on the enemy when you're accompanied by a lawnmower on stilts.

men in fucking powered armor don't need to sneak anywhere.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (8rNrN)

99 A sexually enhancing exoskeleton/body suit/whatever. Something that
would allow me to actually be physically capable of some of the
"missions" my mind can dream up.

Ah, the Roboner.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (LAe3v)

100 Never even heard of Fortress America.

So mobile Maser Canons?

Godzilla is around?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (N7Wva)

101 Not Beam Power.

Bean Power.
Posted by: garrett

Refried?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (Njtx4)

102 I know I'm late to the thread, but could you imagine willingly getting in a Muslim's "Free taxi rides!" van when looking for a ride home after seeing kids blown apart by a Muslim?

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (McknC)

103 "depending" Wow what a typo....

Posted by: Anna Puma

Good word. Good product. I spent my morning 'depending' before anyone notice the odor.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Arms Racketeer, Uranium Peddler at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (HTdUD)

104 ShardPlate, FTW!

Posted by: Dalinor Khalin at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (/jDGf)

105 men in fucking powered armor don't need to sneak anywhere.

Posted by: ace at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (8rNrN)
I kinda like the idea of these being powered by fucking.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (EgOr3)

106 First Roger Moore dies and now this!!!

Posted by: Bummer at May 23, 2017 04:48 PM (K3F/

Nobody did it better and now he is no moore.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (493sH)

107 Does scary Robot-spiderish-dog have any defense system if someone tries to take it out? Like projectile vomiting poisonous cat poop?

Posted by: Cheri at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (oiNtH)

108 When someone says 'intelligence', there is clearly only one person that comes to mind:

https://tinyurl.com/kjo22cg

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (XsVWn)

109 men in fucking powered armor don't need to sneak anywhere.
Posted by: ace at May 23, 2017 04:55 PM (8rNrN)

Until you walk right into kill zone of a couple stacked AT mines and end up as chunky salsa inside the suit.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (Tnhbr)

110

The reason personal armor has gone out of style, for the most part, since the middle ages is that it is the offensive potential of weapons is greater then what a reasonable defense can supply.

At least to this point a soldier is better off camouflaged and in a fox hole then wearing armor in the open because a well aimed bullet will still incapacitate or kill said soldier irrespective of said armor, let alone an RPG or rocket.

It is possible to improve the armor, but the human body is a fragile thing and you have to stop projectiles AND the impact force of them.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (eSx+E)

111 >>men in fucking powered armor don't need to sneak anywhere.

Other than the occasional back door.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (/jDGf)

112 I don't know why exchangeable lithium batteries can't work for a good hour.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (yqOhE)

113 Okay, so we've got a first partial step to Coalition power armor and a notional step towards having Dog Boys, but where the hell is my anti-nuke finished Glitter Boy armor with rail gun and life support?

(RIFTS is the best RPG that's impossible to play)

Posted by: Sporkatus at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (eXSOZ)

114
As Tom Clancy pointed out, when you are being hunted by a machine without feelings, without compassion, without concern about anything (including itself) but killing you as a programmed function, then the game has changed in a very final way.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

This different from Astan how?

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (9TU00)

115 98
>>>83 I was under the impression that the Big Dog program had
been cancelled. It's hard to sneak up on the enemy when you're
accompanied by a lawnmower on stilts.

men in fucking powered armor don't need to sneak anywhere.

Posted by: ace

Disagree.

Posted by: MOAB at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (LAe3v)

116 May just kicked the terror level way up and I'm hearing they expect another attack "imminently." Is it wrong to hope it's at one of the "diversity celebrations" if it really has to happen at all? She's asking for military support. Shit's gettin' real, even for them.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 04:51 PM (EgOr3)

And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (493sH)

117 his is for Law Enforcement as well. Those "domestic violence" calls phoned in by feminists being victimized by men need dealing with. And don't forget about the drug dealers selling pot.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 23, 2017 04:54 PM

or for the HOA when you haven't cut your grass...

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 23, 2017 04:58 PM (ZQfW9)

118 I have my own Iron Man at home, and he doesn't need any suit or external power source.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2017 04:58 PM (NXsWM)

119 If powered armor does appear on the battlefield, something from the Cold War will also make a reappearance - the nuclear land mine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:58 PM (N7Wva)

120 What's that, Robot Dog? Timmy has fallen down the well and you need more coaxial cable and a shit load of amps?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 23, 2017 04:58 PM (Nwg0u)

121 83 I was under the impression that the Big Dog program had been cancelled. It's hard to sneak up on the enemy when you're accompanied by a lawnmower on stilts.

those are not nuclear powered. the nuclear powered ones are whisper quiet. the loudest thing on my nuclear powered lawnmower is the grass screaming as we get close.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 04:58 PM (cPsPa)

122 And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (493sH)
Could be they just want to form perimeters around the peaceful mosques. It's the Brits, who knows?

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 04:59 PM (EgOr3)

123 Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 04:56 PM (eSx+E)

Should I post the video of the soldier shot by the sniper?

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 04:59 PM (yqOhE)

124 And the powered suit is immune to a nice, powerful microwave beam how?

Seriously.

It's a giant antennae for any electromagnetic energy I send it's way.

Which will cause fun things for the meatspace inside.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 23, 2017 04:59 PM (ZQpd0)

125 Or heck a well shielded RTG in the back.

isn't rtg low-power?

Yeah, and heavy and radioactive.

Posted by: DaveA at May 23, 2017 04:59 PM (FhXTo)

126 It's really about survivability. That's it. Tactics really won't fundamentally change.

With advances in armor, we've had substantial advances in ballistics and ordnance.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 23, 2017 04:59 PM (sQgZv)

127 Look, the Marines having these is fine, and I guess an edge case for the FBI or local PD's can be made, but when f'in ExoMan bashes down my door because of overdue library charges, there's going to be a problem.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:00 PM (AM1GF)

128 They say O'Reilly carries parts for just about everything....

http://tinyurl.com/hm9khfb

Posted by: NC Ref at May 23, 2017 05:00 PM (SpeiC)

129 Still think the middle East is meant for an OGRE

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 05:00 PM (9TU00)

130 yeah wait until the porn industry pairs this with vr. the emergency rooms will be overflowing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:00 PM (cPsPa)

131
And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (493sH)
Probably to protect the muzz from the angry mourners who skipped that vigil shit. Although the Brits seem pretty cowed

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:00 PM (2+tI4)

132 they discuss how the main characters laser gun instantly killed or vaporized things
***
I would presume a military level laser would inflict horrible suffering. It would burn whatever part of your body it hit to the point where the fluids would explode. The immediate wound would be cauterized, but the area where the explosion came out would be a mess of flesh and bone.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (eSx+E)

133 Meh. Not what we need.
Truth is we haven't had a truly "light" infantry for some time. Average grunt's load is something back breaking, like 70 lb or so. The answer is not to tag along some mechanical donkey and suit up in exoskeletons, it's to lighten the load. The shits in the black pajamas and now the dirty mandresses know how to fight light. We don't anymore.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (vUahj)

134 What would be better than Powered Armor is a supplemental system that you only turn on for a few minutes at a time at need. It would have to be light and flexible enough to wear unpowered but give you the ability to leap 20 feet or pickup 300lbs for a few minutes.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (QQ+il)

135 Geez I'm still tying to figure out how to keep my ATpIAL charged.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Heh. I have the same problem with my toothbrush.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (ZO497)

136 124
And the powered suit is immune to a nice, powerful microwave beam how?

Seriously.

It's a giant antennae for any electromagnetic energy I send it's way.

Which will cause fun things for the meatspace inside

**Cough**

Posted by: Faraday Cage at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (LAe3v)

137 Yeah, and heavy and radioactive.
Posted by: DaveA at May 23, 2017 04:59 PM (FhXTo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (NXsWM)

138 Still think the middle East is meant for an OGRE

Posted by: Jean

Two BOLOs. One to do the dirty work and one to charm the kids.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (AM1GF)

139 How many dumb bombs and a B-52 can you get for the price of a powered armor suit?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 04:50 PM (eSx+E)

Seriously. I say tell the Israelis, Indians, Australians, Japanese and Koreans they have a year to build filtrated bunkers and lay in supplies. Tell the S'Auds they have a year to bring their people to heel.

If they don't get their shit together, we nuke the Middle East, Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran, and Indonesia/Malaysia.

If Europe can't handle northern Africa and the Turks on their own, we take it back and finish the job.

I have had it with these mutha fuckin snakes on this mutha fuckin planet.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (evJdV)

140 You think Big Dog is impressive? Watch this and conceptualize the merging these two together. Yikes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c

Posted by: WisRich at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (hdpay)

141 I would presume a military level laser would inflict horrible suffering. It would burn whatever part of your body it hit to the point where the fluids would explode. The immediate wound would be cauterized, but the area where the explosion came out would be a mess of flesh and bone.
Posted by: 18-1 at May

this was a sci fi story with star trek like phasers.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (cPsPa)

142 Reminds me of my favorite sci-fi book, Armor by John Steakley. Best opening chapters ever.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (yqOhE)

143 men in fucking powered armor don't need to sneak anywhere.

Ha, infidel.

Posted by: Mo's trusty Toyota HiLux's crash bar at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (FhXTo)

144 Just one of my pet peeves is that our "elite" leaders do not have the stomach to do what must be done. All this crap about minimizing collateral damage in today's war fighting doctrine misses the point. Collateral damage, massive collateral damages helps to ensure that your enemy understands and gets the message that he is beaten.

Posted by: Strobe at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (gbWkA)

145 so buy stock in landmines.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (2qHjF)

146 Meh. Not what we need.
Truth is we haven't had a truly "light" infantry for some time. Average grunt's load is something back breaking, like 70 lb or so. The answer is not to tag along some mechanical donkey and suit up in exoskeletons, it's to lighten the load. The shits in the black pajamas and now the dirty mandresses know how to fight light. We don't anymore.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (vUahj)

I've noticed the same thing. We have heavy infantry, and we have dragoons. We don't have light infantry.

Also, we've basically recreated the roman legion with the brigade combat team.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (Tnhbr)

147 when f'in ExoMan bashes down my door because of overdue library charges, there's going to be a problem.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone

Let me tell you something, funny boy... You know that little stamp? The one that says Public Library? Well, that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole helluva lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before -- flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're thinking... Why's this guy making such a big stink about old library books? Let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me.... Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world. What about that kid, sitting down, opening a book right now in a branch of the local library and finding pictures of pee-pees and wee-wees in The Cat in the Hat and The Five Chinese Brothers. Doesn't he deserve better? Look, if you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped. Or maybe that turns you on... Maybe that's how you get your kicks... You and your goodtime buddies... I've got a flash for you, joy boy. Partytime is over.

Posted by: Lt. Bookman at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (HTdUD)

148 It's really about survivability. That's it. Tactics really won't fundamentally change.

It's about politics, the zero tolerance for casualties in operations.

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (9TU00)

149 I have had it with these mutha fuckin snakes on this mutha fuckin planet.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (evJdV)
Word!

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (EgOr3)

150 'May just kicked the terror level way up and I'm hearing they expect another attack "imminently."'

I think this is always done since the Islamist goons have a pattern of attacking in 'multiples'.

Not sure if it means anything more than that.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (XsVWn)

151 So how damn heavy is this armor that the guy can take all those rounds and not budge? Some significant kinetic energy is being absorbed there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 23, 2017 05:03 PM (YEelc)

152 When someone says 'intelligence', there is clearly only one person that comes to mind:

https://tinyurl.com/kjo22cg

-
If only we could harness the power of crazy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 23, 2017 05:03 PM (Nwg0u)

153 The answer is not to tag along some mechanical donkey and suit up in
exoskeletons, it's to lighten the load. The shits in the black pajamas
and now the dirty mandresses know how to fight light. We don't anymore.

Yeah? The stuff they carry is there for a reason. When we fight the black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:03 PM (LAe3v)

154 ExoMan bashes down my door because of overdue library charges, there's going to be a problem.
***
Why do I have this vision of the Koolaid guy breaking into your house because you committed hate speech on the internet.

To the camps....OOOOOOH YEAAAAAAH

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:03 PM (eSx+E)

155 I am reminded of an old joke that was in the Reader's Digest years and years ago.

Guy gets called in the Defense Department thinking he is going to get a big contract for the new artillery round he as just designed; one that defeats existing armor.

He's sitting there in the waiting room waiting for his interview and another guy is sitting there in tears, like his dog and his mother just died, and his wife is suing for divorce.

Trying to help he asks what happened, is there anything he can do to help. The crying man says, "Some guy just invented a new artillery round that blows up my armor."

Posted by: Adalhard Scott at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (wXj+9)

156 An unarmed armor suit may be bullet proof, but is it mace or halberd proof?

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (7HtZB)

157 Posted by: Lt. Bookman at May 23, 2017 05:02 PM (HTdUD)

...aaaaand that's twice in two days. I have to assume folks keep these saved off somewhere ready to deploy...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (AM1GF)

158 All May wants is military to support officers at "events". Such a stupid woman. Nothing serious going to happen to the musselmen, evah

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (2+tI4)

159 What happens when you toss a stick for the robodog? Or have a robosquirrel run across robodog's path?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (JO9+V)

160 ***
Why do I have this vision of the Koolaid guy breaking into your house because you committed hate speech on the internet.

To the camps....OOOOOOH YEAAAAAAH
Posted by: 18-1 at May

ok, that was fukin funny

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (cPsPa)

161 We could bring back the crusades...21st century style.

Posted by: IC at May 23, 2017 05:04 PM (a0IVu)

162 "Our most powerful magnets were useless against the human invaders. Who could of thought they would be vulnerable to a simple sharp pointed stick."

Posted by: Robot General at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (yqvys)

163 'And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?'

You'r right, they will make some symbolic gestures, but nothing of substance. Let me know when the first mosque is shut down.

I was pretty disappointed in May's response. I thought she might have more spine.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (XsVWn)

164 A lesson we all should have learned by now is never say never.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (yqOhE)

165 RIP to my least favorite Bond.

True fact...Roger Moore and Audrey Hepburn were close friends.

Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (qUNWi)

166 An unarmed armor suit may be bullet proof, but is it mace or halberd proof?

Posted by: josephistan

Well, it certainly seems the thing to deploy the double-bladed combat chainsaw with...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (AM1GF)

167 If your suit malfunctions simply call the help center.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (IqV8l)

168 >>>The reason personal armor has gone out of style, for the most part, since the middle ages is that it is the offensive potential of weapons is greater then what a reasonable defense can supply.

That and the cost of developing offensive weapons is cheaper than the cost to defend against them. Faster rate of return. Why at some point armor on tanks yields diminishing returns.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (vUahj)

169 True fact...Roger Moore and Audrey Hepburn were close friends.

Posted by: eleven

Yep. That's how he got into working with UNICEF, which is how he actually earned his knighthood.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (AM1GF)

170 I have had it with these mutha fuckin snakes on this mutha fuckin planet.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:01 PM (evJdV)

St. Patrick: You rang?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (493sH)

171 so buy stock in landmines.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe
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Just buy the Futures, no point in over-committing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (ZO497)

172 Seriously.

It's a giant antennae for any electromagnetic energy I send it's way.

Which will cause fun things for the meatspace inside.
Posted by: RoyalOil

Dance monkey boy, dance!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (Njtx4)

173 >>>Instead, that thing's going to show up at my door because I up-voted a Gavin McInnes video.

Just think how much diversity the arc reactor will make possible.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (q177U)

174 least favorite bond? you not familiar with lazenby? dalton?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (cPsPa)

175 And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (493sH)
Nope. She's using military to help at "events", like the Grande bitch's concerts. Muz have no cause for concern. None

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (2+tI4)

176 Audrey Hepburn was my least favorite Bond, too.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (IqV8l)

177 Yeah? The stuff they carry is there for a reason. When we fight the
black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.
***
Somehow we win all the battles and yet have very mixed results in winning wars.

Which again points to the issue not being the immediate capabilities of our soldiers.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (eSx+E)

178 Actually Daniel Craig is my least least favorite bond.

Can't stand that guy.

Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (qUNWi)

179 St. Patrick: You rang?
Posted by: TheQuietMan
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Snakeless, and Stout. How good does it get?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (ZO497)

180 "On-Star, how may I help you?"

"My Mk IVa Combat Infantry Suit just did a BSD."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (N7Wva)

181 When we fight the black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:03 PM (LAe3v)

Yup.

And just think how much more disproportionate it would be if we didn't have bullshit rules of engagement.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (rF0hx)

182 RIP to my least favorite Bond.

True fact...Roger Moore and Audrey Hepburn were close friends.

Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (qUNWi)

You've never seen the Pierce Brosnan Bonds?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (493sH)

183 174
least favorite bond? you not familiar with lazenby? dalton?

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (cPsPa)

Yeah, that was totally uncalled for. {spits}

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:08 PM (EgOr3)

184 You were given a robot suit of armor.
You named Brad.....

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:08 PM (Njtx4)

185 Just piss down artillery on their heads and walk in wearing linen.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (QQ+il)

186 177
Yeah? The stuff they carry is there for a reason. When we fight the

black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.
***
Somehow we win all the battles and yet have very mixed results in winning wars.

Which again points to the issue not being the immediate capabilities of our soldiers.

Posted by: 18-1

True, but that wasn't the point. The argument was that the equipment load was the problem. The real problem is will. We need more of it. A triumph of the will, if you will.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (LAe3v)

187 178 Actually Daniel Craig is my least least favorite bond.

Can't stand that guy.
Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2017 05:07 PM (qUNWi)

His Bond isn't suave, isn't witty, and doesn't have cool gadgets. Great action movies, but not great Bond movies.

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (7HtZB)

188 Why at some point armor on tanks yields diminishing returns.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:05 PM (vUahj)

Which is why our tanks are also faster and have better guns.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (rF0hx)

189 moore was just cursed with lousy bond movies. he was just fine in The Saint.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (cPsPa)

190 And just think how much more disproportionate it would be if we didn't have bullshit rules of engagement.

When we get our Crusade on and go up against the muzzies, there won't be.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (Njtx4)

191 Yeah, that was totally uncalled for. {spits}
Posted by: Peaches at May

Good having you back!

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:10 PM (cPsPa)

192 When we get our Crusade on and go up against the muzzies, there won't be.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (Njtx4)
And when will that be?

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:10 PM (2+tI4)

193 His Bond isn't suave, isn't witty, and doesn't have cool gadgets. Great action movies, but not great Bond movies.

Posted by: josephistan

Gotta disagree. If Craig isn't the best Bond ever, he's only slightly behind SC.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:10 PM (LAe3v)

194 Banana Splits Guy - That is also the argument against materials based stealth technology as opposed to electronics based counter measures.

Posted by: Strobe at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (gbWkA)

195 192 When we get our Crusade on and go up against the muzzies, there won't be.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (Njtx4)
And when will that be?
Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:10 PM (2+tI4)

#twoweeks

Posted by: josephistan at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (7HtZB)

196 Which is why our tanks are also faster and have better guns.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Um, maybe. There's some debate about that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (NBHj5)

197 Good having you back!

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:10 PM (cPsPa)
Good to BE back, Y5! The biggest surprise was seeing you here, you were mia when I bailed in order to avoid starting shit during the campaign.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (EgOr3)

198
In the Dune prequels, the robots come up with an innovative solution to the personal shields the humans have.

The personal shield stops energy weapons and anything that moves over a low speed (like bullets).

It is designed to let in slow moving things...like air...so the human can breathe without carrying a contained air supply.

So the robots design little insect like things that can fly through the shield at 5 mph or whatever and then literally rip the human soldier apart.

Defenses are harder to design, generally, then offensive counters.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (eSx+E)

199 The "Neon Genesis Evangelion" anime featured giant walking armor units (called "Evas") that needed to be plugged in. They had giant high-amperage power cables (presumably with a really strong power source like an entire dedicated nuclear reactor). If the cord was disconnected for any reason they could only go for about two minutes on stored power.

If you watch Evangelion a whole bunch of really weird stuff comes into play, but that basic setup was pretty interesting. Powerful beings known as "Angels" would attack Tokyo-3, and the Evas would be deployed to fight them. Since they knew the Angels attacked a specific location, the requirement to tether the Evas did not render them impractical.

Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers (too bad nobody ever made a movie from it) featured powered armor that doesn't violate the known laws of physics. Each suit weighed about as much as a car, and couldn't do unrealistic things like fly rings around F-35 fighter jets (*cough* Iron Man *cough*). To call them "realistic" requires faith that science will invent synthetic muscles and a compact high-density power source of some sort, but these are pretty plausible. And Heinlein described a heads-up display that involved machines and screens behind the operator's head, with mirrors to get the views in front; with computers and flat-panel displays, a much better user interface would be possible. He described little blurry RADAR display dots labelled with Morse-code strings of dots and dashes; in reality there would be color-coded icons. He described controls involving biting down on pressure plates, tossing the head, etc. and in reality there would be voice commands and possibly eye tracking UI.

But even more probably we will see drones, where the human operator will be selflessly brave because he/she is not risking actual life and limb. I read a science fiction story describing something like the Talos suit, but remote-operated, and at the end of the story the operator felt like an inadequate man and dropped out of his job and volunteered to be actual in-person infantry. "This is an incredibly dumb ending" I thought. His training is all wrong for in-person infantry; in the story he was really good at playing the "video game" that drove the drone around, but would he be any good with his own body? If I were in the Army and trained to drive drones like this, I'd not be in a hurry to put myself where I could get limbs blown off.

Posted by: mr_jack at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (6LyYu)

200 Gotta disagree. If Craig isn't the best Bond ever, he's only slightly behind SC.
Posted by: pep at May

nope. too mopey and how you say, pussified.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (cPsPa)

201 >>>how bout something novel like going in with a baseball bat?
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 04:46 PM (cPsPa)

pneumatic chainsaw sword?

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (q177U)

202 I though all the Bond's after Sean dropped off

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (Ot7+c)

203 The damn rain has made the dandelions blossom.
I'm loosing the battle, the war, and my will to fight.

Posted by: Adalhard Scott at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (wXj+9)

204 Thank you sir, may I have another?

https://tinyurl.com/lredrz7

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (XsVWn)

205 You think Big Dog is impressive? Watch this and conceptualize the merging these two together. Yikes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c

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First when there's nothing
But a slow glowing dream
That your fear seems to hide
Deep inside your mind

All alone I have cried
Silent tears full of pride
In a world made of steel
Made of stone

Well, I hear the music
Close my eyes, feel the rhythm
Wrap around
Take a hold of my heart

What a feeling
Bein's believin'
I can have it all
Now I'm dancing for my life

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (Nwg0u)

206 Somehow we win all the battles and yet have very mixed results in winning wars.

Which again points to the issue not being the immediate capabilities of our soldiers.

Posted by: 18-1

True, but that wasn't the point. The argument was that the equipment load was the problem. The real problem is will. We need more of it. A triumph of the will, if you will.
Posted by: pep

The real problem is letting fucking politicians run the war.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:12 PM (Njtx4)

207 Good to BE back, Y5! The biggest surprise was seeing you here, you were mia when I bailed in order to avoid starting shit during the campaign.
Posted by: Peaches at May

well, you know how it is, you can't quit the hq.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (cPsPa)

208 >>>Yeah? The stuff they carry is there for a reason. When we fight the black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.

There's a lot of excess, and we don't always win in the light fight.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (vUahj)

209 Guys on the football field would also be faster without their equipment but I guarantee they wouldn't be as willing to engage you.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (yqOhE)

210 Watched the Rock with Connery in it, kids didn't get any of the Bond references.

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (9TU00)

211 Actually Daniel Craig is my least least favorite bond.
***
He reminds me of a Bond villain....or at least a KGB kind of enemy/kind of ally in the Bond universe.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (eSx+E)

212 197
Good having you back!

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:10 PM (cPsPa)
Good to
BE back, Y5! The biggest surprise was seeing you here, you were mia when
I bailed in order to avoid starting shit during the campaign.

Posted by: Peache

Pity you can't talk to ChemJeff and some of the other MIAs. I'd like to see them back.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (LAe3v)

213 I had a professor of Space Law once who somehow got ahold of a future projects Air Force dvd that explains one way to power suits. Apparently, at least 10 years ago the USAF planned to put nanotube solar panels in space and beam down energy via microwaves which apparently has excellent transmission properties with little energy loss. That would solve the energy issue.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (t06LC)

214 I actually kinda hated Moore and Brosnan, Craig is better than those two.

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (Ot7+c)

215 The Filipinos are declaring martial law and fighting ISIS, I can't see that happening here or in Europe.

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:14 PM (2+tI4)

216 190
And just think how much more disproportionate it would be if we didn't have bullshit rules of engagement.

When we get our Crusade on and go up against the muzzies, there won't be.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:09 PM (Njtx4)

IMHO, gloves come off against those muzzies. Politicians should keep away, as well as MSM (don't need embedded reporters). Tell Mattis what to do, and not to embarass the USA (which he would never ever do anyways), and ask him to report back if/when he needs something -or they are all dead.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 23, 2017 05:14 PM (jxbfJ)

217 215
The Filipinos are declaring martial law and fighting ISIS, I can't see that happening here or in Europe.

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:14 PM (2+tI4)

I can --only if the political elite started taking casualties from ISIS. Then the gravity of the situation will settle in on them.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 23, 2017 05:15 PM (jxbfJ)

218 Yeah? The stuff they carry is there for a reason. When we fight the black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.

When they stand and fight. But all that weight means that they know we're coming long before we get there, giving them time to run, set up an ambush, etc. And the more weight a soldier carries, the harder it is to pursue an enemy into the mountains, over obstacles, etc.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 23, 2017 05:15 PM (Tnhbr)

219 When we get our Crusade on and go up against the muzzies, there won't be.

By the time any of this happens I will only be fit for Home Guard, if that.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:15 PM (QQ+il)

220 I'd like on in a black carbon fiber print with hot pink trim.

Oh, and a little carbon fiber skirt.

And laser eyes. I can't give That Look with a visor over my face. I'll need lasers to get the same Melt You Where You Stand effect.

And I would like a Robo Kitten with razor claws instead of a dog, please.

Cats are waaaaay nastier.

Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ)assassin in the night at May 23, 2017 05:15 PM (vivhj)

221 FBN: Trump hires his long time attorney (yeah, I didn't get the phrasing of that either) Marc Karowitz.

Posted by: Tami at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (Enq6K)

222 There's a lot of excess, and we don't always win in the light fight.

All the time? No.

Most of the time? Yes. I'll take those odds.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (LAe3v)

223 There's some debate about that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (NBHj5)The Leopard 2?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (rF0hx)

224 Sorry that's Marc KaSowitz.....

Posted by: Tami at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (Enq6K)

225 Great. Now I have to design a nuclear-waste capable pooper scooper to clean up after the Robo-Dog. That's not going to be cost-effective.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (wPiJc)

226 So that Seth Rich "revelation" was a bust...

Posted by: Caesar Augustus Trump at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (O2RFr)

227
But even more probably we will see drones, where the human operator
will be selflessly brave because he/she is not risking actual life and
limb.
***
My understanding is the army tested a ground based combat platform, but found that lag and insufficient sensors were insurmountable problems, at least in the near term.

Airborne drones are a little different in that they generally get to ID their targets and then engage.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (eSx+E)

228 218
Yeah? The stuff they carry is there for a reason. When we fight the
black pyjama types, we win with very disproportionate casualties.

When they stand and fight. But all that weight means that they know
we're coming long before we get there, giving them time to run, set up
an ambush, etc. And the more weight a soldier carries, the harder it is
to pursue an enemy into the mountains, over obstacles, etc.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 23, 2017 05:15 PM (Tnhbr)

Let them go to the mountains. Then start raining down MOABS like rain drops.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (jxbfJ)

229 Pity you can't talk to ChemJeff and some of the other MIAs. I'd like to see them back.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (LAe3v)
There are many morons I would be heartened to see and interact with again. ChemJeff is not among them. He knows what he did.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (EgOr3)

230 I can --only if the political elite started taking casualties from ISIS. Then the gravity of the situation will settle in on them.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 23, 2017 05:15 PM (jxbfJ)
Too well defended. And they don't give a flying rat's ass about us. They'll go euro and arrest us first

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (2+tI4)

231 it was predicted earlier that this week was going to suck. I predicted it wouldn't. this is why I dont play the lotto

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (i5Q7p)

232 And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (493sH)

They knew about this Muslim scum, yet did nothing.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (/XBRw)

233 Alternate headline: US Army plays Fallout 4, think Power Armor is "f'ng tits"

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (t06LC)

234 I'd rather have effective and plentiful combined arms than all the personal armor in the world. Air and arty combined with mobile troops should win any battle even if they were wearing khaki shorts.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (QQ+il)

235 Why put the dude in camo if he's going to blast down the door and get bukkaked with lead? I was expecting some ninja shit because robogrunt needs to approach saving Gaia with the same zeal he has for smoking out tangos.

Posted by: Fritz at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (TNQMS)

236 Pity you can't talk to ChemJeff and some of the other MIAs. I'd like to see them back.

Posted by: pep

If chemjeff can get over the Trump thing long enough not to go all TDS over everything, fine. Otherwise, I have no patience for him.

Some of the casualties of l'affaire Trump were unfortunate. But some were self-inflicted.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (AM1GF)

237 Filipinos are bad-ass fighters--I've seen it first-hand.

The problem is that the military, police, and politicians are all thoroughly corrupt. Like, beyond Mexico levels.

But if Duterte can do it, more power to him.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (XsVWn)

238 232 And what does that mean. Are they going to raid the Muzzie neighborhoods and round up those they know are suspected terrorists?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 04:57 PM (493sH)

No, they're gonna bring in James Taylor... That ought to do it...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (O2RFr)

239 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (NBHj5)The Leopard 2?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yep, all three of them

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (9TU00)

240 I just had an epiphany. Dresden was the much dreaded backlash to the Blitz. BBC must have fallen down on the job.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (aCNZ6)

241 When we get our Crusade on and go up against the muzzies, there won't be.

By the time any of this happens I will only be fit for Home Guard, if that.
Posted by: Grump928

Exactly. If I have to get my trigger pulling on, it's either them or me. It ain't over until it's done.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (Njtx4)

242 Instead, that thing's going to show up at my door because I up-voted a Gavin McInnes video.
Posted by: RKae at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM

Up-vote some Gavin Newsom videos in penance.

For extra-credit, up-twinkle them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (DMUuz)

243 Why can't these suits be powered by a compact diesel engine/hydraulic pump?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 04:39 PM (QQ+il)

I just want to be the fourth person to point out that this is probably the second-heaviest and least convenient option presented so far.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (wB8Tg)

244 226 So that Seth Rich "revelation" was a bust...

Posted by: Caesar Augustus Trump at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM (O2RFr)

Figured it was. There isn't a reason for Wikileaks to hold back any contact they have if true.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (t06LC)

245 They knew about this Muslim scum, yet did nothing.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (/XBRw)
According to the article linked on Drudge, she want the military at events like concerts, as security guards

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (2+tI4)

246 like computers, think more power in smaller packages , not "iron man" that requires massive power just to move the man around, and massive power to move all the armor around. The point of drones is to avoid risking the man, and they can be operated by "kids" in Kansas. But even if the operator is local, no reason to put him in the suit/tank. Maybe not even in the plane ... though jamming may become an issue.

Human intel may be a different matter ... but so far that seems to be controlled by the NSA and friends spying on US, blackmailing US.

Posted by: Illiniwek at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (TmCOq)

247 I'd rather have effective and plentiful combined arms than all the personal armor in the world. Air and arty combined with mobile troops should win any battle even if they were wearing khaki shorts.

Posted by: Grump928(c)

Urban warfare would have use for it. Hard to bring combined arms to bear in that environment unless you're just willing to level everything and be done with it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (AM1GF)

248 "politicians run the war"

this is the exact definition of Civilian Oversight .

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (i5Q7p)

249 213
I had a professor of Space Law once who somehow got ahold of a future
projects Air Force dvd that explains one way to power suits. Apparently,
at least 10 years ago the USAF planned to put nanotube solar panels in
space and beam down energy via microwaves which apparently has excellent
transmission properties with little energy loss. That would solve the
energy issue.

Posted by: Jollyroger

There are actually some problems with windows in the frequency spectrum, but the big problem is political. People and politicians get squirrelly when you start talking about high energy density rays. That's the biggest problem facing space-based solar.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (LAe3v)

250 234 I'd rather have effective and plentiful combined arms than all the personal armor in the world. Air and arty combined with mobile troops should win any battle even if they were wearing khaki shorts.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (QQ+il)

Why can't you have both? Lots of our guys return home safe solely because of the armor they were wearing or the armor they were in.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (yqOhE)

251 Republican congressman should be issued these first.

Then Republican voters.

Finally, white people who don't vote.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (U6f54)

252
I'd rather have effective and plentiful combined arms than all the
personal armor in the world. Air and arty combined with mobile troops
should win any battle even if they were wearing khaki shorts.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:18 PM (QQ+il)

Agree. Moar A-10s, not robosuits.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (JO9+V)

253 People react to stories like this like they're some end product.

This is a 1950s radio car phone. Maybe a 1980 Bag phone.

The goal is a smartphone - or whatever replaces smartphones.

Technological advance isn't about the thing, it's about the next thing.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (wB8Tg)

254 The biggest surprise was seeing you here, you were mia when I bailed in order to avoid starting shit during the campaign.

Posted by: Peaches

Starting shit? You didn't have to start shit to get banned around here during the nastiest of the nasty.

My suspicion is that someone had the finger on the trigger who should not have had the finger on the trigger. Not anyone who is still around. Someone who mysteriously disappeared.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (HTdUD)

255 'Trump hires his long time attorney'

Good move--stick with the people you know and trust.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (XsVWn)

256 I bailed in order to avoid starting shit during the campaign.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (EgOr3)

I thought you bailed because you were so embarrassed by the mediocre play of the Boston Red Sox that you couldn't face the Yankees fans around here!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (rF0hx)

257 I can --only if the political elite started taking casualties from ISIS.
Then the gravity of the situation will settle in on them.
***
One interesting area to pursue politically, how do you reduce the difference in protection between the elites and the citizens?

For example, could you pass a federal law that puts body guards under the same gun laws as average citizens...? Or if Trump continues to be stymied on immigration, specifically setup transfer stations in tony neighborhoods?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (eSx+E)

258 Is it T51b or T45d?

Posted by: Buzzion at May 23, 2017 05:21 PM (z/Ubi)

259 I remember Churchill told England to get used to the V2.

In other news, Britain has raised the threat level to two candles, the most serious level.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:21 PM (O4wiF)

260 Great. Now I have to design a nuclear-waste capable
pooper scooper to clean up after the Robo-Dog. That's not going to be
cost-effective.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 23, 2017 05:16 PM

If it's scooper-ready, cost-effective will not be a problem

Posted by: DNC at May 23, 2017 05:21 PM (DMUuz)

261 In other news, Britain has raised the threat level to two candles, the most serious level.

And scads of flowers. Don't forget the flowers...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (O2RFr)

262 There are actually some problems with windows in the frequency spectrum, but the big problem is political. People and politicians get squirrelly when you start talking about high energy density rays. That's the biggest problem facing space-based solar.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:19 PM (LAe3v)

It seems like the science was there, though I don't know. The rods from God was also featured, so I was all for it.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (t06LC)

263 Am I missing something. Isn't this thing just a Robot Suit that a human wears? Why not just make it a robot?

Posted by: Muldoon at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (wPiJc)

264 My suspicion is that someone had the finger on the trigger who should not have had the finger on the trigger. Not anyone who is still around. Someone who mysteriously disappeared.

Chemjeff flounced out of here on his own, iirc.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (Njtx4)

265 Someone who mysteriously disappeared.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (HTdUD)

I have no idea what this means!

Honestly, the number of bannings was miniscule in comparison to the rations of shit handed out by the many temporarily insane commenters, of which I was probably one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (rF0hx)

266 261 Not another fucking "give peace a chance" vigil?

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (2+tI4)

267 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (wB8Tg)

Exactly. Never say never.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 23, 2017 05:22 PM (yqOhE)

268 Nope. She's using military to help at "events", like the Grande bitch's concerts. Muz have no cause for concern. None

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:06 PM (2+tI4)

We shall fight them on the...well nowhere and we shall already surrender

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 05:23 PM (493sH)

269 I thought you bailed because you were so embarrassed
by the mediocre play of the Boston Red Sox that you couldn't face the
Yankees fans around here!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM (rF0hx)

Ya goof. I grew up in MA and NY, loving both the Sox and the Yankees. Only found out later it was taboo. Naturally, I didn't care. I still love both teams and only pick a side (RS) when they play each other. Hey, that's not even close to the extent of my personal crazy.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:23 PM (EgOr3)

270 Urban warfare would have use for it. Hard to bring combined arms to
bear in that environment unless you're just willing to level everything
and be done with it.
***
Sounds good to me.

The Romans, or the Victorian Brits, the exploration era Portuguese, etc all showed how you win these sorts of conflicts.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:23 PM (eSx+E)

271 You cats are great at figuring out situations where this armor isn't needed or effective. But I bet there are some niche situations where it WOULD be. Having two of these dudes on your squad and doing some kind of house to house fighting might be helpful. Especially with the shoulder mounted lasers and flame throwers.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2017 05:23 PM (q177U)

272 Too well defended. And they don't give a flying rat's ass about us. They'll go euro and arrest us first
Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:17 PM (2+tI4)

Start picking off their security and watch what happens.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:23 PM (/XBRw)

273 ... the mediocre play of the Boston Red Sox
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 23, 2017 05:20 PM

Wasn't there a gentlemoron's agreement not to mention that if bluebell was around?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (DMUuz)

274 Am I missing something. Isn't this thing just a Robot Suit that a human wears? Why not just make it a robot?

Posted by: Muldoon

AI's not up to autonomous control and I'm not sure how you'd get remote operation to work well. It's actually much more technical BS to get those to work than making powered armor.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (AM1GF)

275 We shall fight them on the...well nowhere and we shall already surrender

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2017 05:23 PM (493sH)
I held brief hope that she'd get serious. I was wrong. Churchill weeps from heaven

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (2+tI4)

276 New campaign slogan:

2 Nail Bomb-proof Robot suits in every home!

Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (O4wiF)

277 So that Seth Rich "revelation" was a bust...
Posted by: Caesar Augustus Trump
______

Honestly asking, why do you think it is a bust?

It sure seems like the same people that really want to discredit it probably already had an article waiting to publish after the revelation.

Several people now have come forward and said they have evidence that Seth Rich was talking to wikileaks.

I love the "standard" for evidence regarding Trump and the Russians vs Seth Rich being killed in a robbery where nothing was taken.

Posted by: Maritime at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (zu/Gn)

278 Why not just make it a robot?
***
We are nowhere near having the AI that can do that.

Also, plenty of people have see The Terminator.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (eSx+E)

279 'For example, could you pass a federal law that puts body guards under the same gun laws as average citizens...?'

Since the politicians are members of the elite, I don't see how.

Remember how they excluded themselves from Obamacare.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:25 PM (XsVWn)

280 Chemjeff flounced out of here on his own, iirc.

Posted by: rickb223

Really? He's gone. Let it go.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:25 PM (LAe3v)

281 . Churchill weeps from heaven

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (2+tI4)
He'll be okay. I'm sure there's booze in heaven.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:25 PM (EgOr3)

282 Why aren't we blinding people with lasers in combat? Is it against the Geneva Conventions?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:25 PM (QQ+il)

283 Or put the soldier on an armored bicycle with the chain attached to a generator. Self-propelled and power generation in one.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 23, 2017 05:25 PM (wPiJc)

284 So that Seth Rich "revelation" was a bust...
Posted by: Caesar Augustus Trump

New nic. Troll level troll is trolling.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:26 PM (HTdUD)

285 Urban warfare would have use for it. Hard to bring combined arms to bear in that environment unless you're just willing to level everything and be done with it.
***
Sounds good to me.

The Romans, or the Victorian Brits, the exploration era Portuguese, etc all showed how you win these sorts of conflicts.
Posted by: 18-1

Exactly.
Make the rubble bounce.
Salt their lands.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:26 PM (Njtx4)

286 277 So that Seth Rich "revelation" was a bust...
Posted by: Caesar Augustus Trump
______

Honestly asking, why do you think it is a bust?

I guess I expected the guy to give the "evidence" he claimed to have.. I see Faux news has a disclaimer disavowing any backing of this story. I guess they told Hannity to drop it but so far he hasn't.

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 23, 2017 05:26 PM (O2RFr)

287 "Really? He's gone. Let it go."

The first rule of ChemJeff is...

Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:27 PM (O4wiF)

288 Hard to bring combined arms to bear in that environment unless you're just willing to level everything and be done with it.

We have found the problem, and it is us.

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 05:27 PM (9TU00)

289 "To find out who rules over you, find out who you can't criticize"

Voltaire would say that Islam rules Britain.

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:27 PM (2+tI4)

290 Urban warfare would have use for it. Hard to bring combined arms to bear in that environment unless you're just willing to level everything and be done with it.
***
Sounds good to me.

The Romans, or the Victorian Brits, the exploration era Portuguese, etc all showed how you win these sorts of conflicts.
Posted by: 18-1

Exactly.
Make the rubble bounce.
Salt their lands.
Posted by: rickb223

Until you're trying to retake friendly turf from a guerilla incursion. If you're really willing to raze your own cities and homes, I mean, hey, go right on ahead, just give me a heads up to move somewhere else...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (AM1GF)

291 If I could summon back departed commenters, I would call for EoJ and the Legion of Amish.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (QQ+il)

292 287 "Really? He's gone. Let it go."

The first rule of ChemJeff is...
Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:27 PM (O4wiF)

Keep him away from the grill.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (z/Ubi)

293 Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:27 PM (O4wiF)

He shoots, he scores! :-)

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (EgOr3)

294 >>>Having two of these dudes on your squad and doing some kind of house to house fighting might be helpful.<<<

Wait, why am I doing this again? Oh, right, hearts and minds, you break it you bought it, hope and change. Carry on.

Posted by: Fritz at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (TNQMS)

295 I love the "standard" for evidence regarding Trump and the Russians vs
Seth Rich being killed in a robbery where nothing was taken.
***
A point to consider, if Seth Rich's death was not a "botched robbery"...and there is little to point it to being one...this one of the greatest scandals in American history - someone being gunned down in the capital to protect a presidential candidate. Hell this is the stuff of Hollywood block busters.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:29 PM (eSx+E)

296 Is it T51b or T45d?

Posted by: Buzzion at May 23, 2017 05:21 PM (z/Ubi)

X01 Mk 6 with a flight pack and a Tesla rifle.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2017 05:29 PM (wB8Tg)

297 "Dead or alive, you're coming with me"

Posted by: Sensitive new age guy at May 23, 2017 05:29 PM (271Y5)

298 Has anyone been to Kim Dot Com's home page? It's nothing but a real life Boats 'n Hoes vanity rap video.

Posted by: Brisco_County at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (qdYXY)

299 Remember Amish Dude?

Posted by: IC at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (a0IVu)

300 Why would we want Hillary supporters back here?

I don't get it.

Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (qUNWi)

301 >>>Am I missing something. Isn't this thing just a Robot Suit that a human wears? Why not just make it a robot?

What do you wear to fight a robot? That's right, you wear a robot of your own.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (q177U)

302 A point to consider, if Seth Rich's death was not a
"botched robbery"...and there is little to point it to being one...this
one of the greatest scandals in American history - someone being gunned
down in the capital to protect a presidential candidate. Hell this is
the stuff of Hollywood block busters.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:29 PM (eSx+E)

How quickly I'm forgotten.

Posted by: Norma Jean at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (JO9+V)

303 Really? He's gone. Let it go.

Posted by: pep at May 23, 2017 05:25 PM (LAe3v)

Unfortunately, there are basically two states of people left after the Late Madness:

1) Has Completely Lost Shit.

2) Never Gonna Give Shit Up.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (wB8Tg)

304 If I could summon back departed commenters, I would call for EoJ and the Legion of Amish.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (QQ+il)

I grew to really like Moo Moo.

*ducks*

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (/XBRw)

305 Cancelling a project in public is the first step in the process of making something a reality out of sight of prying eyes. Those videos are years old so there is no telling how far along things have gotten at this point. I like the idea of all-robots-all-the-time. Just drop'em off and come back later to hose the blood off of them before taking them to the next ISIS stronghold. At scale, we could probably build a thousand of the things for the price of one good jet. I'm really weary of VA hospitals full of customers, and we have the technology to do something about that, right now. Kim Jong, f* him to death, would not let a little thing like "it wouldn't be fair!" get in his way, and we shouldn't either.

Posted by: goon at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (EaQ6/)

306 I have wondered why shields haven't made a comeback. With kevlar and ceramics, you could make a Hoplite aspis that would be carriable on your back, like a turtle, but could be used as a shield wall or in maneuver against small caliber fire.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (QQ+il)

307 Reminds me of the SF story (Heinlein?) called I think was The Suit. I will be wanting one of them armor suits. And a half dozen batteries. Or reactors, or whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (zLDYs)

308 Yes blinding lasers are banned by treaty. All you need is an LRF and a bomb truck orbiting at 50kft. And, a cool JAG in the kill chain who will approve anything ....

Posted by: Jean at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (9TU00)

309 You are going to see cranks and conmen claim to have "revelations" about Seth Rich as long as you keep falling for them. If there was real evidence, it would not need to be teased out like this.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (vUahj)

310 Protection is only part of the point of such a suit as this. The other is to carry more stuff. And by that I mean crap. The average load for an infantryman has been about 80 lbs for years. This thing will double that. Or more.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2017 05:32 PM (26aeI)

311 Until you're trying to retake friendly turf from a guerilla incursion. If you're really willing to raze your own cities and homes, I mean, hey, go right on ahead, just give me a heads up to move somewhere else...
Posted by: Brother Cavil

If you are fighting house to house, it's gonna be pretty messed up regardless.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2017 05:32 PM (Njtx4)

312 I am curious to see what Melania will wear for her visit with the Pope. She has knocked it out of the park with her fashion choices on this trip so far.

Posted by: IC at May 23, 2017 05:32 PM (a0IVu)

313 ' they told Hannity to drop it but so far he hasn't.'

Don't you see? It's because he's part of the conspiracy. He's also probably trying to fool Lloyd Braun

https://tinyurl.com/kd36zzh

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (XsVWn)

314 Affordable Robust Compact fusion reactor.

Every neighborhood should have one. Every farm needs one.
Tell the light company to eat grass.

Posted by: gnewt at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (mesZS)

315 I remember some stuff about microwave power transmission, but not the details, so I looked it up. It's doable.

It works out to this from a space based transmitter. You need a 10km diameter receiving antenna, and you can operate at 750MW. The power density in the target it still low enough to be safe for humans. You would get about the same level as a cell phone, believe it or not.

The 10km diameter and 750MW per was the result of various tradeoffs and all that.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (8O3HH)

316 I just got cherrypyed

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (2+tI4)

317 274 Am I missing something. Isn't this thing just a Robot Suit that a human wears? Why not just make it a robot?

Posted by: Muldoon

AI's not up to autonomous control and I'm not sure how you'd get remote operation to work well. It's actually much more technical BS to get those to work than making powered armor.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:24 PM (AM1GF)

Any remote controlled robot, non autonomous, will have the same problems they will suddenly 'discover' with drones in the near future....

Against a first World Enemy... its not that hard to jam the shit out of the control signals.... creating a 'soft' kill....

Posted by: Don Quixote at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (NgKpN)

318 Until you're trying to retake friendly turf from a guerilla incursion.
***
Actually, this sort of thing happened a lot.

Some allied local ruler gets overthrown by his enemies and the Brits (or Romans or whoever) get there afterwards.

You run the same program against the enemy if they are holed up in a village/fort/etc formerly held by your ally or not. It is cheaper to annihilate the enemy and help your remaining allies rebuild...or just buy new allies....then to worry about collateral damage.

Do this a few times and your enemies stop trying to hold territory when you show up anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (eSx+E)

319 302: A point to consider, if Seth Rich's death was not a
"botched robbery"...and there is little to point it to being one...this
one of the greatest scandals in American history - someone being gunned
down in the capital to protect a presidential candidate. Hell this is
the stuff of Hollywood block busters.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:29 PM (eSx+E)

How quickly I'm forgotten.

Posted by: Norma Jean at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (JO9+V)

Reason 973 why I love this site.

Posted by: LASue at May 23, 2017 05:33 PM (pWeX5)

320 New commercial I just saw is the grossest thing on tv-

The Smart Swab

If you've not seen it yet, I won't spoil the surprise.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 23, 2017 05:34 PM (emM/Z)

321 I grew to really like Moo Moo.

*ducks*

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (/XBRw)
Between that and the Jeep with the rotted-out frame, I'm puttin' you on the prayer list, CB.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:34 PM (EgOr3)

322
8 So the Mobile Infantry is slowing coming into being.

Yeah power source will always be a problem unless you use the soldier as part of the energy system to power the armor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2017 04:38 PM (N7Wva)

It is all worked out. Last piece is development of Taco Bell Fortified Bean Burrito MRE.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 23, 2017 05:35 PM (e1mEI)

323 Am I missing something. Isn't this thing just a Robot Suit that a human wears? Why not just make it a robot?

Because if it was a robot, people would try to have sex with it.

Posted by: wooga at May 23, 2017 05:35 PM (Pegcs)

324 "I have wondered why shields haven't made a comeback."

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (QQ+il)

We just have to get used to bullets killing people.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (O4wiF)

325 Is deploying at soccer games a serious response or dhimmitude?

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (2+tI4)

326 I am curious to see what Melania will wear for her visit with the Pope. She has knocked it out of the park with her fashion choices on this trip so far.

Posted by: IC at May 23, 2017 05:32 PM (a0IVu)

Forget Melania, Michelle in Tuscany knocked it out of the park. Just look at those shoulders.

Posted by: faping Pope at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (mesZS)

327 I predict a huge theft of Power Dogs.

Also, a recipe.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (wTwJ2)

328 If you are fighting house to house, it's gonna be pretty messed up regardless.

Posted by: rickb223

True, but there are qualitative differences between man-to-man (power armor or not) and artillery and gunships, mostly to do with how bad off the infrastructure is.

Bottom line, you don't got boots down, you don't own jack. War, as the man says, never changes.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (AM1GF)

329 Eminently predictable:

https://tinyurl.com/l7wommv

I believe I can see the glimmer of tears.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (XsVWn)

330 306 I have wondered why shields haven't made a comeback. With kevlar and ceramics, you could make a Hoplite aspis that would be carriable on your back, like a turtle, but could be used as a shield wall or in maneuver against small caliber fire.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (QQ+il)

They have for Police.... just not military....

Because any group of men will suddenly be the target of LARGE caliber fire... or light anti tank weapons...

Posted by: Don Quixote at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (NgKpN)

331 I didn't know much of Moo-Moo. The bragging was a little much.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (89T5c)

332 Grump928- I would like to subscribe to your news letter.

I have often thought of the laser deal even for home invasion.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (zxDi5)

333 312
I am curious to see what Melania will wear for her visit with the Pope.
She has knocked it out of the park with her fashion choices on this trip
so far.

Posted by: IC at May 23, 2017 05:32 PM (a0IVu)
I can pretty much guarantee it won't be the kind of old-lady slutwear the toned one was sporting earlier today. Melania has been PERFECT! My fave is still that orange skirt and cream colored top she wore to get on the plane when they left DC, though. That was the bomb.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (EgOr3)

334 One of the problems with autonomous warfare is the same problem with autonomous space travel.

Some people think you can just send a machine instead of a man, other people say "then why the fudge am I sending a machine if I don't want to go?"

The reasoning is different, mind you, more like humans want to make the *decisions* in warfare but want to actually *be there* in space. You don't want to be the one getting shot at, as such.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (wB8Tg)

335 Are they still going on with the "Melania swats Trump's hand away" thing?

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (8O3HH)

336 "I have wondered why shields haven't made a comeback."

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (QQ+il)

I think the Military Arms Channel dude did test out a ballistic shield. The problem is rifle ammo is too powerful for anything man portable. Also, we have mobile shields called tanks.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (t06LC)

337 "I have wondered why shields haven't made a comeback."

Posted by: Grump928(c)

I know, right? They're handier than you think...

Posted by: Capt. S. Rogers, US Army, retired, frozen at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (AM1GF)

338 Forget Melania, Michelle in Tuscany knocked it out of the park. Just look at those shoulders.
Posted by: faping Pope at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (mesZS)

Crap... Raiders are looking for a Linebacker....

Posted by: Don Quixote at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (NgKpN)

339 Forget Melania, Michelle in Tuscany knocked it out of the park. Just look at those shoulders.

Posted by: faping Pope at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (mesZS)
I hear the Seahhawks are preparing an offer.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (EgOr3)

340 OT: Trying to figure out the easiest way of putting this into an equation.

If I has X number of dice, what would be the probability of having at least Y number of them be a certain number? More broadly What would the probability of having at least Y number of dice be a certain number or higher.

For example, if I had 12 six-sided dice, what would be the probability that three of the dice would come up five, or alternately, five or six.

Posted by: The Probability Hat at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (rUIbB)

341 I just got cherrypyed
Posted by: CN

Pics or it didn't happen

Posted by: Warrant lives at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (9TU00)

342 Because any group of men will suddenly be the target of LARGE caliber fire... or light anti tank weapons...

I wouldn't stand there, or advance as a phalanx, just run with it before you or pegged to the ground as a mobile sandbag.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (QQ+il)

343 You are going to see cranks and conmen claim to have "revelations" about Seth Rich as long as you keep falling for them. If there was real evidence, it would not need to be teased out like this.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy [/i[

Most people of good cognitive function reach a certain age and discover that life is actually kind of fun and they would like it to last as long as possible.

Yes cranks and con-men exist. Also honest citizens who would prefer that their brains not be splattered all over the pavement because they told the truth of something they know.

Your total dismissal of this this reeks of something stronger than righteous indifference.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (HTdUD)

344 I believe I can see the glimmer of tears.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 23, 2017 05:36 PM (XsVWn)
Weeping for moslems who could, but won't, be held accountable for their violent beliefs

Posted by: CN at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (2+tI4)

345
I have wondered why shields haven't made a comeback.
***
Ok, your shield stop small arms fire from going through it. Every bullet still hits with a certain amount of kinetic energy...which will either break your arm, knock the shield our of your hand, or knock you to the ground.

The police have something like this they use when breaking down a door with a shooter inside. The military might use it for something similar as well. In that limited scenario it works ok - all you are trying to do is give your people time to identify where the shooter is so they can deploy against them.

Of course an easier answer is a grenade through the door...for the military at least.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (eSx+E)

346 How quickly I'm forgotten.

Posted by: Norma Jean at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (JO9+V)

Hey girl, nobody's going to fight the government over a high class whore.

Posted by: gNewt at May 23, 2017 05:39 PM (mesZS)

347 This Seth Rich thing is crazier than an Oliver Stone conspiracy movie. The screenplay should go: Seth Rich colludes with Kim Dot Com and Julian Assange to leak on a party that claims a reality TV star presidential candidate paid Russian hookers to pee on him, leading to Rich's murder, then leading to the testimony of a rich butterball software pirate with a Boats 'n Hoes vanity website that sends DNC leadership to prison and destroys their brand for years.

Posted by: Brisco_County at May 23, 2017 05:39 PM (XXl7H)

348 333, My fave is still that orange skirt and cream colored
top she wore to get on the plane when they left DC, though. That was
the bomb.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:37 PM (EgOr3)
That was amazing. I also liked the black cocktail dress she wore to dinner with Bibi N. - with laced arms..gorgeous.

Posted by: IC at May 23, 2017 05:39 PM (a0IVu)

349 Yeah, now that supermodel first lady is accompanying Teh Donald, we're gonna get the fucking Chewbacca shower curtain fashion show.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 23, 2017 05:40 PM (89T5c)

350 Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:34 PM (EgOr3)

*snort*

Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:40 PM (O4wiF)

351 Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (QQ+il)

Coothie, although I do miss EoJ. He just left,though, didn't he? He didn't get banned? Or did he?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:40 PM (evJdV)

352 We will train to shoot the Robodogs first.

Posted by: Military Police at May 23, 2017 05:41 PM (JO9+V)

353 263 Am I missing something. Isn't this thing just a Robot Suit that a human wears? Why not just make it a robot?

----

YES

Posted by: SKYNET at May 23, 2017 05:41 PM (vChNs)

354 "The shits in the black pajamas and now the dirty mandresses know how to fight light."

There are photos in the aftermath of Saudi units in the south, close to the Yemeni border, having been ambushed by the Houthi guerrillas. And having their clocks cleaned.

This despite the fact that the Saudis are toting lots of shiny new high-tech American kit. Apache attack helos. Abrams main battle tanks. All of it turned into burning wrecks.

And in the photos of the victorious Houthis examining the littered hulks and the dead Saudi soldiers (well, mercs), the Houthis are often barefoot. That should tell you something right there.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 23, 2017 05:41 PM (ujwCG)

355 It's always nice to know where a link is headed when you post it for others.

Posted by: Max Power at May 23, 2017 05:41 PM (q177U)

356 347 This Seth Rich thing is crazier than an Oliver Stone conspiracy movie. The screenplay should go: Seth Rich colludes with Kim Dot Com and Julian Assange to leak on a party that claims a reality TV star presidential candidate paid Russian hookers to pee on him, leading to Rich's murder, then leading to the testimony of a rich butterball software pirate with a Boats 'n Hoes vanity website that sends DNC leadership to prison and destroys their brand for years.

***************
Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!!

Posted by: Oliver Stone at May 23, 2017 05:41 PM (RiTnx)

357 346 How quickly I'm forgotten.

Posted by: Norma Jean at May 23, 2017 05:30 PM (JO9+V)

Hey girl, nobody's going to fight the government over a high class whore.
Posted by: gNewt at May 23, 2017 05:39 PM (mesZS)

Goodbye Norma Jene, though I didn't know you at all...
I had to steal your song, when Princess Di Fall...

Posted by: Elton John at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (NgKpN)

358 All this does is promote violence and a disdain for indigenous people who did not invent such "suits". Why don't you spend more time on stories that promote love? Stop trying to prove how macho you are.

Posted by: Shia LaBeouf at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (vRcUp)

359 Coothie, although I do miss EoJ. He just left,though, didn't he? He didn't get banned? Or did he?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

I think he got banned for something that was perceived as racist.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (HTdUD)

360 Of course an easier answer is a grenade through the door...for the military at least.

The police usually prefer to drop the grenade into a crib.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (4WhSY)

361 Between that and the Jeep with the rotted-out frame, I'm puttin' you on the prayer list, CB.
Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:34 PM (EgOr3)

I think the Jeep thing was someone else, but I'll still take the prayers.

Thanks!

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (/XBRw)

362 Of course an easier answer is a grenade through the door...for the military at least.
Posted by: 18-1

Or nerve gas, do t forget the nerve gas

Posted by: Warrant lives at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (9TU00)

363 Your total dismissal of this this reeks of something stronger than righteous indifference.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:38 PM (HTdUD)

Old story with that one.

Sky on, irredeemables!

Posted by: Meremortal at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (O4wiF)

364 nuclear-waste capable pooper scooper

Not to mention what it'll do to Vic's lawn.

Posted by: DaveA at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (FhXTo)

365

A classic EoJ http://is.gd/yHY1J7

192 I contemplated the natural beauty just outside the window of The Manhole, an upscale "cafe" in the Castro district. A wrapper whirled inside the capricious embrace of a dust devil in the parking lot. A young boy stepped into a windowless panel van, his childlike curiosity at the offered candy taking back through memory's sepia-toned alleys, as the sky outside faded from shale to umber.

Turning back to my computer as I took a leisurely sip of penis, I noticed something in one of the browser windows I had open. No, not Andrew's profile on HIVlounge, "Where the H is for HOTT."

Something dark. Something evil.

It was Ace.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (QQ+il)

366 >>>Your total dismissal of this this reeks of something stronger than righteous indifference.

Does it reek of finding all the conspiracy claims baseless? Because so far, they are.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (vUahj)

367 Because if it was a robot, people would try to have sex with it.

Darn tootin.

Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (qUNWi)

368 >> For example, if I had 12 six-sided dice, what would be the probability
that >> three of the dice would come up five, or alternately, five or six.

Count states. Probability will be of course the ratio of the number of states with the desired configuration to the total number.

For M n-sided dice, my first attempt would be to imagine that set as an M digit number of base-n. Total number of states is simply n^(M).

Now, figure out a way to count the number of substates of the desired configuration.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (8O3HH)

369 Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!!
Posted by: Oliver Stone at May 23, 2017 05:41 PM (RiTnx)

Or how about a movie about a young kid, who has no loyalty at all to the US because he is a Dual citizen... and Citizen of the World... who is groomed throughout his adult life, to be President of the US....

Nah..... too farfetched.... audience would never buy it...

Posted by: Hollywood Pitchman at May 23, 2017 05:44 PM (NgKpN)

370 She has knocked it out of the park with her fashion choices on this trip
so far.

I thought the ginormous gold belt gave Michele's Boob Belts a run-for-the-money in the hideous department.

I have been lukewarm over all regarding her style.

She has certainly been more appropriate for the various occasions, though.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:44 PM (evJdV)

371 I think the Jeep thing was someone else, but I'll still take the prayers.

Thanks!

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (/XBRw)
Oops, sorry, thought it was you. A thousand pardons. I have to rethink the prayer list thing now, it's gotten very long recently. Love you, though!

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:45 PM (EgOr3)

372 Damn...put a built in guitar amp in that sucker and I'll take one.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at May 23, 2017 05:45 PM (aMlLZ)

373 torquewrench, I tried to train Saudis - I'm convinced that the Stormtroopers that got their asses kicked by ewoks were Saudis

Posted by: Warrant lives at May 23, 2017 05:45 PM (9TU00)

374 I thought it was a Federation death penalty offence to visit TALOS IV?

Posted by: Kristophr at May 23, 2017 05:45 PM (Vkf+s)

375 Nood.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:45 PM (QQ+il)

376 Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (HTdUD)

No, he got banned because someone no one even heard of before this year decided he had doxxed his wife or some such bullshit.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:46 PM (evJdV)

377 304 If I could summon back departed commenters, I would call for EoJ and the Legion of Amish.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 23, 2017 05:28 PM (QQ+il)

I grew to really like Moo Moo.

*ducks*
Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:31 PM (/XBRw)

EoJ sure. The others not so much.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 23, 2017 05:47 PM (ywNoU)

378 Defenses are harder to design, generally, then offensive counters.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2017 05:11 PM (eSx+E)

Roll Tide.

Posted by: Chigger Fleas at May 23, 2017 05:48 PM (fD1ST)

379 Between that and the Jeep with the rotted-out frame, I'm puttin' you on the prayer list, CB.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:34 PM (EgOr3)

----
I think the Jeep thing was someone else, but I'll still take the prayers.

Thanks!

Posted by: Country Boy at May 23, 2017 05:43 PM (/XBRw)
Yep, the Jeep is mine.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 23, 2017 05:50 PM (yzxic)

380 The probability for a singe die coming up 5 is 1/6. Each die has exactly the same probability. The probability for 3 dice to come up 5 is 3/12. Favorable outcomes / possible outcomes = probability.

Posted by: goon at May 23, 2017 05:50 PM (EaQ6/)

381 EoJ had his own blog. Just searched out the link in old emails but it looks like the last post was in 2014. Bummer, because, we probably lost some IQ points with that one gone.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:50 PM (EgOr3)

382 "It works out to this from a space based transmitter. You need a 10km
diameter receiving antenna, and you can operate at 750MW. The power
density in the target it still low enough to be safe for humans."

The proposed military implementations may assume higher power densities than that proposed for civilian solar power satellites.

A light drone helicopter was successfully demoed in flight back in 1969 with external beamed microwave power. (Other technology stuff going on that year pretty much overshadowed this news.)

Posted by: torquewrench at May 23, 2017 05:51 PM (ujwCG)

383 Yep, the Jeep is mine.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 23, 2017 05:50 PM (yzxic)
Epic bummer about that. Women, well, we have about 20 people who check out the used vehicles before we make the deal. Still, doesn't sound like the replacement frame was all that expensive. But it seems like kind of a complicated deal to install it. Eh, what do I know? I wish you the best with it. I love my Jeep. 2002, 75,000 miles, looks practically brand new. Mah baby.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:52 PM (EgOr3)

384 "Amish Dude" made one of the most prescient observations about gay marriage EVAH right here at the HQ!!! Ace even wrote special post about it in his honour, awarding him the "comment-of-the-day award", or something like that...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 23, 2017 05:53 PM (e9G8E)

385 She's more gorgeous than ever. That gold belt was a,
'this is the way to wear a big gold belt ', Michelle.

It's been a perfect trip. The world, except msm, knows it's been a perfect trip.

ta del e at de da:

Lady's and gentlemen we have intelligent adults in the White House and they love the USA.

Posted by: gNewt at May 23, 2017 05:55 PM (mesZS)

386 Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 05:52 PM (EgOr3)

Thing is, I checked it out. I just failed to check in one known trouble area because another known trouble area looked good (it had been repaired by a previous owner). Lesson learned!

Posted by: Country Singer at May 23, 2017 05:55 PM (yzxic)

387 well, you know how it is, you can't quit the hq.

Posted by: yankeefifth at May 23, 2017 05:13 PM (cPsPa)

Word.

Posted by: NC Ref at May 23, 2017 05:56 PM (SpeiC)

388 Posted by: gNewt at May 23, 2017 05:55 PM (mesZS)

See, this is how the press followed Michele; they let their love blind them. The belt was hideous.

But yes, POTUS & FLOTUS love our country and it's a refreshing change, to say the least.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 05:59 PM (evJdV)

389 Yes, the gold belt was hideous. But, you know what? I bet the Saudis loved it. Jury's still out on who loves the gold thang more, my beloved President or the Saudis. Melania is drop dead gorgeous, I don't care what she's wearing. Plus, sweet and humble and LOVES America. This is a big sacrifice for her and I am thankful for it, every day.

Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 06:01 PM (EgOr3)

390 I'm sorry, I was drunk. the probability would be 3/72, not 3/12. Back to the kitchen!

Posted by: goon at May 23, 2017 06:03 PM (EaQ6/)

391 Posted by: Peaches at May 23, 2017 06:01 PM (EgOr3)

I think she's getting that hard look Eastern European women sometimes get, and her voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard, but she is a class act, successful on her own merit and she loves this country!

I adore them both, I truly do.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 06:05 PM (evJdV)

392 Coothie, although I do miss EoJ. He just left,though, didn't he? He didn't get banned? Or did he?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

I think he got banned for something that was perceived as racist.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (HTdUD)

EoJ left voluntarily. He mentioned something about killing a broath swath of people in Africa. Ace told him that it was racist and if he wanted to peddle it, he could to it elsewhere. EoJ then agreed and said he's just post elsewhere, and hasn't been heard here since.

To my knowledge, no actual ban happened

Posted by: The Probability Hat at May 23, 2017 06:08 PM (rUIbB)

393 Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 23, 2017 05:42 PM (HTdUD)

Oh hell, I'm sorry, I thought you meant Coothie!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 23, 2017 06:15 PM (evJdV)

394 Giant. Extension. Cords.

People who've seen Neon Genesis Evangelion will understand.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at May 23, 2017 06:21 PM (xJa6I)

395 The lawyer Trump hired, Marc Kasowitz, is a killer litigator.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2017 06:26 PM (+7/1f)

396 Someone at the DNC may be the leaker. Why does that have to be Seth Rich, who may have been at the wrong place at the wrong time?

It's like the stories of Vince Foster getting murdered. The far more likely story, for which there's plenty of evidence, is that Hillary hounded him so hard for her and Bill's early White House fuck-ups that he killed himself. It's of a piece with stuff in the recent book Shattered about awful Hillary can be to her own people.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2017 06:29 PM (+7/1f)

397 How soon will Boeing and Raytheon sell the tech to the ChiComs? Good money to be made there.

Posted by: Muns at May 23, 2017 07:21 PM (fO+6C)

398 FYI TALOS is a SOCOM initiated effort to help reduce casualties for the first guy(s) through the door. Some of it has been done at SOFWERX - a collaboration of SOCOM, industry, and academia in Ybor City. There have been prizes for developing parts of it - like in the old days: here is a problem, and the best solution wins some money. The are other efforts at SOFWERX as well.

Posted by: nnevets at May 23, 2017 09:15 PM (3hEZa)

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