I really hate to point it out, but this is an instance of why we really need an Ironman type of suit: something that can withstand tank shells while keeping the occupant largely unharmed but allowing for nice mobility.
Why? Because any type of progress in this type of urban warfare is very difficult. You could do a very drastic martial law shutdown, but that's really unacceptable. Cause the perpetrators to become functionally impotent (a metaphor, not the medical condition) by nullifying their ability to exert their Machiavellian control and you'll have victory.
Again, that seems silly, but I'm actually serious.
Yeah, I got to see how "strong" that suit was. I was very happy to see that.
The dude demo-ing the strength was doing lat pull downs. The weight was like 300lbs or something. He couldn't even budge it with his own body weight but it became light as a feather when he turned the suit on. It ALMOST brought a tear to my eye.
Anyway...yeah...the power source. With powerful enough servos (I mean 'power' in the physics sense) they could add sizeable, overlapping, mobile, armor plating. We already have glasses that can beam video right on our retinas making the HUDs of hollywood films look "outdated". Wireless communications: easy.
We just need to solve for energy.
I was thinking that an even better implementation would be a drone remotely controlled by someone "moving" in a lab. The weakness would still be that it could be "jammed." But it's better than putting a body in the suit and we could use that fread up real estate to power the suit.
This seems off-topic but it's not. To fight an urban war like these gang wars, you need an effective ground force. There are far too many innocents involved that cannot move for obvious reasons.
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