Re: Yo Joe!


CMR wrote:
but in order to have the guitar and ninja mask you must also have the kiss
tongue!

I'm good to go, then!

I... wanna rock and roll all night... and party ev-er-yday...

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WOOHA!

CMR

If you like wrestling chicks go to www.nekkedwrestlingchicks.com

"David E. Powell" <David_Powell3006@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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George Orwell wrote:
In article <1149622518.087222.73680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"rafiki" <ficke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

check out the pic! looks straight out of GI Joe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=389357&in_page_id=1770

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.

The technology was demonstrated in spectacular fashion three years ago
when Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner - a pioneer of freefall
gliding - famously 'flew' across the English Channel, leaping out of an
aircraft 30,000ft above Dover and landing safely near Calais 12 minutes
later.

Wearing an aerodynamic suit, and with a 6ft wide wing strapped to his
back, he soared across the sea at 220mph, moving six feet forward
through the air for every one foot he fell vertically - and opened his
parachute 1,000ft above the ground before landing safely.

'Massive potential'

Now military scientists have realised the massive potential for secret
military missions.

Currently special forces such as the SAS rely on a variety of parachute
techniques to land behind enemy lines - or else they must be dropped by
helicopter.

Existing steerable square parachutes can be used - opened at high
altitude of 27,000 ft - but jumpers then have to struggle to control
them for long periods, often in high winds and extreme cold, while
breathing from an oxygen tank to stay alive.

Alternatively they can freefall from high altitude, opening their
parachutes at the last possible minute, but that limits the distance
they can 'glide' forward from the drop point to just a few miles.

Now German company ESG has developed the strap-on rigid wing
specifically for special forces use.

Resembling a 6ft-wide pair of aircraft wings, the devices should allow
a parachutist to glide up to 120miles, carrying 200lb of equipment, the
manufacturers claim.

Fitted with oxygen supply, stabilisation and navigation aides, troops
wearing the wings will jump from a high-altitude transport aircraft
which can stay far away from enemy territory - or on secret peacetime
missions could avoid detection or suspicion by staying close to
commercial airliner flight paths.

The manufacturers claim the ESG wing is '100 per cent silent' and
'extremely difficult' to track using radar.

Once close to their target landing zone, the troops pull their
parachute rip cord to open their canopy and then land normally.

Weapons, ammunition, food and water can all be stowed inside the wing,
although concealing the 6ft wings after landing could prove harder than
burying a traditional parachute.

ESG claims the next stage of development will be fitting 'small
turbo-jet drives' to the wings to extend range even further.

According to SAS insiders, very few operational parachute jumps have
taken place in recent years, with teams tending to rely more on
helicopters or other means of transport.

Supporters of the new mono-wing technology hope it will give a new
lease of life to parachute tactics in the special forces world.

The Ministry of Defence would not comment on any equipment used by
special forces, but is expected to evaluate the new system for use by
UK special forces.


I want one.

I wonder if an electric guitar and ninja mask are issued with every
set? That rocks. I want one too...

Dave


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