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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 01:55 PM Original message |
Halo Suit: The body armor of the future? |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. The guy is crazy... it is 100+ in Iraq |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. If it were authentic it would be environmentally controlled. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. If a big time political donor wants to sell these to the military |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They'd have to shut down Natick first, though... NT |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Unfortunately only the donors' security staff and maybe mercenaries would ever get to use them |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. We'll see these in DC on Saturday...nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Still too heavy. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I've done some work on this concept at Ft. Detrick, MD |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They sure do...I often feared the GOP would try to close it down... |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Isn't this guy in the bumpers for Fox NFL coverage? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Does it come with its own internal air conditioning unit? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. From the game Halo... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder how it does against BioChem weapons. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Trojan? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Troy Hurtubise is a good man - he thinks the Iraq occupation is for "no good reason" |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. How does it do against hollow tips and armor piercing round? |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hey, what if we tried to never have wars again and need sh*t like this? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Might still need it to leave the house in about 50 years. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. He knows that thing makes you look like Robocop, right? |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. "covers everything but the fingertips and the major joints" |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm a former infantryman. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Robocop. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Isn't this the guy that's the inspiration for Colbert? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I think that was just a play on irrational fears, like "war on christmas" |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Or maybe Tek Jansen. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well, the damn thing has a built-in pepper-spray gun, so you know it's Iraq-worthy. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-24-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Armor suit $2000, Sticky rope $1.50....... |
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