You need to indicate when you are using sarcasm. Some people may actually believe that stuff.
I’m just repeating the arguments. No need for the sarc tag. Some of the things are in development like Super Soldier (that’s not the real name but the concept is correct) It’s an exo-skeleton. This eliminates the “women are weak argument”. With a lower body exo you can march for days. With an upper body exo you can lift a lot.
There are robotic pack mules(no chit). This eliminates the “women can’t carry their packs argument”. These mules will follow their owner like a puppy. Another argument is that we have trucks to carry stuff.
The 20mm grenades are a reality except not fielded in quantities yet.
Officially named the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), the walking “pack mule” prototype was designed to show that “a legged robot can unburden dismounted squad members by carrying their gear, autonomously following them through rugged terrain, and interpreting verbal and visual commands,” according to the DARPA website.
DARPA today has a long-term, $3 billion program to help make such a “Metabolically Dominant Soldier.” In other words, the military is studying how to use technology and biology to meld man and machine and transcend the limits of the human body. Described the project director, “My measure of success is that the International Olympic Committee bans everything we do” The $3 billion program is definitely trying to achieve transhuman performance goals.
The wearable gear would enable running at 100 meter olympic sprinter speed for hours and the 7 foot vertical leap, the wall crawling, personal flight, invisibility, greatly enhanced strength, better body armor and carrying bigger and more powerful weapons.