US Army tests bullet-proof suit made of ‘liquid armour’ that gives soldiers superhuman strength
The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) is supposed to make it's wearer bulletproof as well as inhumanly strong
SCIENTISTS in America are developing state of the art new armoured suit for the military inspired by the Iron Man films.
The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) is supposed to make it's wearer bulletproof as well as inhumanly strong.
Additionally soldiers decked out in the space age armour would be given night vision and "enhanced mobility".
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) are working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and others to develop the state of the art suit.
The TALOS is set to be given out to members of the Navy SEALs and Special Forces and is set for testing in 2018.
SOCOM spokesman Lt Commander Matt Allen told Scout Warrior: "The ultimate purpose of the TALOS project is to produce a prototype in 2018.
"That prototype will then be evaluated for operational impact."
Admiral William McCraven, a former head of SOCOM said in 2013 that the aim of the suit was to protect his men.
He said: “I’m very committed to this because I would like that last operator we lost to be the last operator we ever lose."
MIT boffins are also working on a special form of liquid body armour to help protect the boys in battle.
The US Army website describes the armour as transforming "from a liquid to a solid in milliseconds when a magnetic field or electric current is applied."
The suit will also have "nerves"; to monitor core body temperature, skin temperature, heart rate, hydration levels and body position.
Professor Gareth McKinley has been trying to perfect this liquid armour technology for over a decade.
He said the suit sounded like the one used by Tony Stark in the Iron Man films.
McKinley said: "The other kind of things that you see in the movies I think that would be more realistic at the moment would be the kind of external suit that Sigourney Weaver wears in Alien, where it's a large robot that amplifies the motions and lifting capability of a human."
The request for super body armour for troops was announced following the death of a soldier in Afghanistan.
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