MJ-47
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why focus on current soldier improvement, when we can just build a bunch of robots to do the fighting for us
They've already done that.why focus on current soldier improvement, when we can just build a bunch of robots to do the fighting for us
what's so good about HEV suits? (i havent playd any half life games..)They just need to build HEV suits already.
Hazardous Environment Suit.what's so good about HEV suits? (i havent playd any half life games..)
Lolz SSBB. Haven't touched it in aaaages.
i prefer the PSZ exoskeleton/Beryllium Armour suit from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl/Clear Sky.Hazardous Environment Suit.
Heads up display showing health, HEV battery level, direction where damage was dealt.
Geiger Counter.
Automatic antidote and morphine administration.
Uses special charging stations, which is like 'refilling' the armour.
Stores multiple weapons at once.
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Basically for hazardous environments worn by scientists in experiments and somehow good for combat.
Depends on which version of the HEV suit.
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plus she's hot, so yea.
UGHHHH Facepalm to the max.
To be absolutely serious, you're being utterly ridiculous. You're not asking for a proper discussion at all the way you've phrased it - you just want people to disagree with the super soldier idea. "Better at killing each other" v "providing better living standards"? Are you serious?Given Australia's current military involvement and the existence of previous threads such as 'Is war ever justified?', I thought I'd pose a question to you guys sparked by an article in New Scientist. It was talking about the US' investment in technology which would basically make better soldiers. The technology included stuff like sensing a soldier's level of stress within a given situation, better screening for those who enter the army in terms of the structure and chemical balance of their brains...and most worrying (imo), the deactivation of the empathy response via certain drugs.
So, what do you guys think about this? Should we be using technology to make people better at killing each other? Or should we be attempting to use technology in other ways, such as improving people's diplomatic ability, providing better living standards in areas where kids becoming terrorists is common, etc?
What are your views on the cost, ethics, practicality, etc of creating the 'perfect' soldier?