Japanese military to develop Gundam

Evie · Oct 30, 2007

Whatever it is, it will involve the ubiquitous Wolverine.

Yes, I know, he's a canuck.

Communisto · Oct 30, 2007

awesome... awesome to the max

Bronx Warlord · Oct 30, 2007

That several billions dollar Gundam is going to look great for sure... till it's shot down by a 60,000$ Stinger missle in the hands of a Private.

Tank_Guy#3 · Oct 30, 2007

I'd imagine the cost of resources would be immense too. I also know that many mobile suits (in the series) are made of titanium. If this is to bear fruit, then you best buy stock in the titanium mining & refining industries.

I would like to see Epyon. By far my favorite MS.

@Bronx: That's why they're armored. Immensely.

Bronx Warlord · Oct 30, 2007

Tank_Guy#3 said:
I'd imagine the cost of resources would be immense too. I also know that many mobile suits (in the series) are made of titanium. If this is to bear fruit, then you best buy stock in the titanium mining & refining industries.

I would like to see Epyon. By far my favorite MS.

@Bronx: That's why they're armored. Immensely.

The suit may be fine... the flesh and blood man inside as well as the senative electronics? The guy will have experanced being hit with an explosion that is like being hit by a train... spine and skull make funny sounds, lights fade. Crash.

Bronx Warlord · Oct 30, 2007

As a side note, I think the US Army is out of it's gord for looking into that BS powered armor crap. That will late a day in the hands of a 11B until he breaks it or it experances field or combat conditions.

Kozmos · Oct 30, 2007

Bronx Warlord said:
That several billions dollar Gundam is going to look great for sure... till it's shot down by a 60,000$ Stinger missle in the hands of a Private.

We started building Big Boss clone armies from the Les Enfantes Terribles Project?

Bronx Warlord said:
As a side note, I think the US Army is out of it's gord for looking into that BS powered armor crap. That will late a day in the hands of a 11B until he breaks it or it experances field or combat conditions.

Wait till you try it Marine. You shoudlnt be so skeptical about new tech. You'd be amazed at the strength of the new reactive nanogel armor. Lest we start replacing you with drones.

Also....

n January 2007, Newsweek magazine reported that the Pentagon had granted development funds to University of Texas nanotechnologist Ray Baughman to develop military-grade artificial myomer fibers. These electrically-contractive fibers are intended to increase the strength-to-weight ratio of movement systems in military powered armor.

Looks I was good on the guess of artificial muscle use. We have already begun applying it in robotics. Next goal, victory in arm wrestling contest by a robotic arm made entirely of the stuff.

mangxema · Oct 30, 2007

Bronx Warlord said:
As a side note, I think the US Army is out of it's gord for looking into that BS powered armor crap. That will late a day in the hands of a 11B until he breaks it or it experances field or combat conditions.

Some of the DARPA projects are a little out there, but most are fairly reasonable for R&D. The reason why they invest in high-risk 'out-there' stuff is every once in a while, they hit the jackpot (see: the Internet)

Fëanor · Oct 30, 2007

Maybe some nice technologies will come out of this project but as for practical use mechas will never be able to replace tanks.

Masquerouge · Oct 30, 2007

Fëanor;6103781 said:
Maybe some nice technologies will come out of this project but as for practical use mechas will never be able to replace tanks.

if (and that's a HUGE if) these mechs are actually efficient, they should be able to go where tanks can't.

Leonel · Oct 30, 2007

Those that doubt it'll work, you obviously haven't played Beyond the Sword.

They aren't going to build it because it's practical, they're going to build it because it's just plain cool! :lol:

Plus I can see the advantages of an armored walker in a city setting where people with RPG's, sniper rifles and machine guns perching on rooftops.

And the technology already exists but in a smaller form. There's a Youtube video demonstrating a 4 legged walker that can even balance itself if shoved from the side! :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpBG-nSRcrQ

m4gill4 · Oct 30, 2007

on a related note, the south korean defense forces are known to be breeding ultralisks....

Arabs have been spotted riding giant sandworms...

The German secret police have been experimenting with hypnotic euro-disco mind-control...

The Australians have replaced all combat troops with starved dingos...

Kozmos · Oct 30, 2007

Fëanor;6103781 said:
Maybe some nice technologies will come out of this project but as for practical use mechas will never be able to replace tanks.

Depends on how much we develop artificial muscle and micropower technology. All show good promise for the future.

nc-1701 · Oct 30, 2007

m4gill4 said:
on a related note, the south korean defense forces are known to be breeding ultralisks....

Hmmm... So their already looking to replace that secret force of Hydralisks? :eek:

West 36 · Oct 30, 2007

And I counter this with my snowspeeder. your move Japan.

Fëanor · Oct 30, 2007

Masquerouge said:
if (and that's a HUGE if) these mechs are actually efficient, they should be able to go where tanks can't.

nowhere useful if they are that big.

leonel said:
Plus I can see the advantages of an armored walker in a city setting where people with RPG's, sniper rifles and machine guns perching on rooftops.

Cleric said:
Depends on how much we develop artificial muscle and micropower technology. All show good promise for the future.

A human sized robot (terminator like) or an armored exoskeleton would be way more cost effective and efficient for (amongs other things) urban warfare, a huge mecha will always be too easy to hit (in any enviroment) to be effective, with the same technology that would be needed to create a usefull mecha you can create tanks and robots/exoskeletons that are much better thant the said mecha.

trader/warrior · Oct 30, 2007

El_Machinae said:
I think we need a better source. This smells like a trick

OK. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-29/japan's-defense-ministry-to-explore-realizing-gundam
Much better article.
This one links to the japanese MoD website with the announcement, but it`s in japenese so....

bigdog5994 · Oct 30, 2007

how in the hell would you control a gundam with a joystick? i think its impossible

FriendlyFire · Oct 30, 2007

Bronx Warlord said:
The suit may be fine... the flesh and blood man inside as well as the senative electronics? The guy will have experanced being hit with an explosion that is like being hit by a train... spine and skull make funny sounds, lights fade. Crash.

SNT (sudden nerve trauma) electrical annihilation of bio organics which will do the killing rather then conventional means. (Light God hitting a switch to turn your brain off :eek:

)

Currently were in the offense weapon cycle of which is more powerful (goes from defence to offense in history) defence technology has a long way to go before point defences let alone gundam.

Yuri2356 · Oct 30, 2007

Gentlemen, we're wasting our time with this.

You all know that we won't be getting any real science done until we finish ressurecting Nickolas Tesla. Japan needs to get off of this mech-fetish of theirs and get back to harvesting the required orphan's souls.

In other news - An independant researcher living near Cardiff has developed a revolutionary new mobile life support system, dubbed the "Mark III Travel machine"...

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