All branches of military service, including allies, have active weight reduction programs geared to aggressively reduce the warfighter’s load.
- DGA HERCULE MILIPOL 2011
Yet in almost seeming contradiction, the United States and EU are actively developing anthropomorphic exoskeletons. These wearable devices are designed to enable the soldier to carry heavy loads.
I wrote an article on the subject a couple of years ago and I remain convinced that reducing the soldiers
load simply enables them to carry even more stuff; akin to disk drive capacities.
I remember when the PC was first launched, a 5 MB external hard drive was considered inexhaustible. Thirty
years later we’re complaining that Tera bytes aren’t enough.
C’est la vie. Il est préférable de ne pas résoudre ces contradictions !
FOG HORN 