Anyone who was ever a fan of a super heroes, or a super spy, absolutely would kill for this set up. Apparently stealth wings are going to be deployed to Special Forces, though I imagine they have if we're reading about it. And then there's the little matter of the invisibility cloak below.
Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour of strap-on stealth wings.
The lightweight carbon fibre mono-wings will allow them to jump from high altitudes and then glide 120 miles or more before landing - making them almost impossible to spot, as their aircraft can avoid flying anywhere near the target.
CBC News - In an engineering breakthrough that is still to be seen, scientists have unveiled a blueprint to make an invisibility cloak, like the one worn by author J.K. Rowling's boy wizard Harry Potter.
A team of British and American researchers outlined the materials they say would be needed to make such a cloak in Thursday's online issue of the journal Science.
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, sponsored the research because of its potential military applications in the field of stealth technologies.
How incredibly universal. The possibilities are endless - from college high rise dorm room windows to saving the world. After all, invention shouldn't just have a Mother, it needs a dirty old man, too!
My first thought is: how will they dispose of the wings so as not to leave them behind for the enemy to copy? (I haven't yet read the whole article - maybe that's explained.) My second thought is: could the people trapped in the WTC have used them to escape the building?
Posted by: SallyVee | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 at 12:23 PM
SallyVee, are you a blonde by chance?
Posted by: SinCerely | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 at 02:45 PM
I think those were good questions and I'm a brunette
Posted by: Valid | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 at 05:02 PM