{"id":82250,"date":"2018-09-02T04:42:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T11:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/the-future-is-here-russia-successfully-tests-exosuit-enabling-wearer-to-shoot-machine-gun-1-handed"},"modified":"2018-09-02T04:42:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T11:42:33","slug":"the-future-is-here-russia-successfully-tests-exosuit-enabling-wearer-to-shoot-machine-gun-1-handed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/the-future-is-here-russia-successfully-tests-exosuit-enabling-wearer-to-shoot-machine-gun-1-handed","title":{"rendered":"The future is here! Russia successfully tests exosuit enabling wearer to shoot machine gun 1-handed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-future-is-here-russia-successfully-tests-exosuit-enabling-wearer-to-shoot-machine-gun-1-handed.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The passive exoskeleton is already part of the Russian Army\u2019s Ratnik (warrior), or \u2018future combat system\u2019, which also includes a range of surveillance, communications, and defensive equipment. The active exoskeleton may become part of Ratnik by 2025, according to Military-Scientific Committee Chair of the Ground Forces Aleksandr Romanyuta.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Russia has tested a battery-powered electric motor exoskeleton. The \u2018Iron Man\u2019 suit enables the wearer to accurately hit a target with a machine gun one-handed.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers wearing the high-tech exosuit can run faster and wield heavier equipment and weapons, Oleg Faustov \u2013 the chief designer of military industry company TsNIITochMash, which developed the exoskeleton \u2013 told <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/armiya-i-opk\/5492601?utm_source=vk.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share&utm_content=22184319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TASS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We have already tested a prototype of an active exoskeleton, it increases physical capabilities of a serviceman<\/em>,\u201d Faustov said. A soldier will be able \u201c<em>to shoot a machine gun with only one hand<\/em>\u201d and accurately hit the target, he added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/436931-russia-exoskeleton-tested-gun\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/436931-russia-exoskeleton-tested-gun\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passive exoskeleton is already part of the Russian Army\u2019s Ratnik (warrior), or \u2018future combat system\u2019, which also includes a range of surveillance, communications, and defensive equipment. The active exoskeleton may become part of Ratnik by 2025, according to Military-Scientific Committee Chair of the Ground Forces Aleksandr Romanyuta. Russia has tested a battery-powered electric motor [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,9,1511],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyborgs","category-military","category-surveillance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}