Video Shows Soldiers Flying in "Iron Man" Jet Suits Above Navy Ship-(Tactical Jet Suit Drills)

https://www.yahoo.com/ ^ | 11/6/2022 | Michael Martin & Gravity Industries s

[RomanSoldier19]

A surprising viral video shows British soldiers strapped to jet packs flying around a ship, Iron Man style. The clip has drawn delighted reactions online, and plenty of questions. How do these things work? Are they being used by the military now? Can anyone buy one? Read on to find out.

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[RomanSoldier19]

[thegagline]

In its current state, soldiers with jet packs are called “targets.”

[Jonty30]

That looks like a fun opportunity for target shooting them as they try to land on ships.

[Vendome]

Zactly

[buwaya]

I see uses for these. Urban combat: these could be useful to get a squad up on a building roof without risking a helicopter, a much bigger and fatter target. These could then fight down the building, not up.

Also to insert FO teams on otherwise inaccessible places, ditto snipers, etc.

[buwaya]

Worse than trying to board a ship with small boats and grapnels?

[Texas Fossil]

https://www.shockingscience.com/real-jetpack-guy/2/

[Jonty30]

i suppose I could see an advantage there, especially when some ships are almost a sky scraper height out of the water.

[Magnum44]

[Colorado Doug]

Looks like fun unless you went to scratch that itchy nose.

[GingisK]

...these could be useful to get a squad up on a building roof without risking a helicopter...

Perfect for the military! Why use a $100 grappling hook when a $500,000 flying suit could do the same job?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Great TED Talk. Thanks.

[buwaya]

How big of a building could you climb with a grappling hook?
How long will it take, and what sort of target would the guys be climbing slowly up there?

[Dalberg-Acton]

Your comment made me think of those two fantastic Iko Uwais movies, The Raid: Redemption, and The Raid 2.

See them if you like non-stop action.

[taxcontrol]

From this old Infantry Sergeant’s view, very limited battle field use, or what we would have called a toy.

[buwaya]

The US military would pay silly money for anything. Thats part of your total systemic breakdown. But this tech would still be available for more rational countries.

[GingisK]

I can't think of a single instance where a really tall building would need to be scaled from the outside in a combat operation. That aside, you can use a grapnel on very tall cliffs by just shooting it from a mortar or using a rocket assist. Tall buildings are best scaled using cruise missiles at the base.

Modern tactics generally don't need this sort of activity.

[buwaya]

Old infantry sergeants have been saying that ever since Philip of Macedon ordered really, really long spears. Seen as a boondoggle at the time, probably.

[higgmeister]

Also to insert FO teams on otherwise inaccessible places, ditto snipers, etc.

Watch your mouth, there are ladies present.

[RomanSoldier19]

looks fun