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    Reasonable?

    Project Grizzly inventor crafts real-world Halo suit for military use - Engadget
    http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/project-grizzly-inventor-crafts-real-world-halo-suit-for-militar/
    While it's not likely that you'll encounter the Arbiter on any given day, the slightly off-kilter Project Grizzly inventor has gone out of his way (and possibly his mind) to create what resembles a real-life Halo suit, sporting protection from gunfire and ensuring you an award at Covenant gatherings. Troy Hurtubise created the suit, dubbed Trojan, in hopes of protecting Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan and US soldiers in Iraq, and considering that it has withstood knives, bullets, light explosives, clubs, and even a round from an elephant gun, it sounds like quite the winner. Proclaimed to be the "first ballistic, full exoskeleton body suit of armor," Trojan is crafted from high-impact plastic lined with ceramic bullet protection over ballistic foam, and features nearly endless compartments, morphine / salt containers, knife and gun holsters, emergency lights, a built-in recording device, pepper spray, ingestible transponder for those "last resort" scenarios, and there's even a fresh air system powered by solar panels within the helmet. Mr. Hurtubise claims the 18 kilograms (40 pounds) suit is comfortable enough to make road trips in (yes, he tried it), and if any major military would take him up on it, they could reportedly be produced for "around $2,000 apiece." Now that's a bargain, folks.[Thanks, Alec]
    Last edited by Pressure; 01-16-2007, 12:50 AM.
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    With a cost of $2000... it's amazingly cheap, imagine if he could mass produce it
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    • #3
      that'd be fucking crazy.. quite frankly idk who'd be willing to run with 40 pounds all over their bodies tho, and the government would probably illegalize it..and u acn't smuggle/hide one of them while ur using them obviously

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      • #4
        I know military here have to walk 50km a day with a backpack of 20kg. So 18kg should be doable, certainly if it keeps you protected.
        Maybe God was the first suicide bomber and the Big Bang was his moment of Glory.

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