Not quite the same as Star Trek shields as discussed but nevertheless a step towards them. Armour that can be charged to project an electromagnetic field to reduce the impact of weapons. Read here.
Now this is good news, for us anyway as it protects against the sort of attacks we can expect in the modern war arena such as RPG attacks and roadside bombs. Only thing is that unlike Star Trek, and every RPG we know, where you can raise your shields and have them depleted as they are attacked with this armour we need to raise them at a specific point during the attack. Unless this can be automated successfully then this armour isn’t really of much use. Also, like Star Trek shields, it will be possible to deplete them by overloading them or timing an attack, manually or automatically, to coincide with a recharge cycle.
However, I don’t see these shields being very effective against a modern army where overwhelming firepower could be brought to bear. Not yet anyway.
But anything that gives our boys a better chance of returning home is an improvement in my opinion. A definitve step forward. Now we just need phasers.
Shields up
Not quite the same as Star Trek shields as discussed but nevertheless a step towards them. Armour that can be charged to project an electromagnetic field to reduce the impact of weapons. Read here.
Now this is good news, for us anyway as it protects against the sort of attacks we can expect in the modern war arena such as RPG attacks and roadside bombs. Only thing is that unlike Star Trek, and every RPG we know, where you can raise your shields and have them depleted as they are attacked with this armour we need to raise them at a specific point during the attack. Unless this can be automated successfully then this armour isn’t really of much use. Also, like Star Trek shields, it will be possible to deplete them by overloading them or timing an attack, manually or automatically, to coincide with a recharge cycle.
However, I don’t see these shields being very effective against a modern army where overwhelming firepower could be brought to bear. Not yet anyway.
But anything that gives our boys a better chance of returning home is an improvement in my opinion. A definitve step forward. Now we just need phasers.