[Morpheus]

TiE23, you obviously were not a part of any military. When I was in we used to hump (hiking) around 50lb-80lb sacks, all gear, plus extra ammo. We would do 8-30 mile humps. Then there were guys who had to hump around the 50 cal, Mark 19 (automatic grenade launcher), tripod, extra barrels, and extra ammo for those guns on top of their gear already (3 man team did that per gun). Its a lot of weight and a lot of noise as is.

An exo-skeleton would make any infantry unit even more efficient. Imagine humping 8-30 miles and being pretty much as fresh for combat as you were when you started the hump. On top of that one guy alone could carry a full 50 cal set. More gear would make it to the objective. That's just two advantages of an exo-skeleton. Over time DARPA will progressively make the newer revisions of the exo-skeletons quieter than the previous models. Its just a fact that things start out rough, but as technology advances and revisions are made things become more efficient (for example planes were crappy at the start now look at them).

But this doesn't change the fact that DARPA has made an exo-skeleton and is already set on making a newer and improved one for the Military. Obviously others in DARPA/Military see a use for an exo-skeleton in the military.

But I guess we'll agree to disagree on this topic. Its going no where.

AfterEdit: Just wanted to clear up, that I don't see it being brought into the main military until they get an efficient power source that lasts a decent length.