'Iron Man' Hero Personifies Modern Mili...
'Iron Man' Hero Personifies Modern Military Contractors
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labelitlove 83 days ago
When superhero Tony Stark isn't donning his Iron Man armor to personally rough up villains, he's pitching the U.S. military on new gadgets to fight the War on Terror.
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"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire," Stark tells a group of military officers in the "Iron Man" film that opens today. "I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once."
The Marvel comic book character's suit embodies a futuristic technology that may enhance human capabilities in war, but the current battlefield belongs to a growing swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and robots that could someday give even Iron Man a run for his money. UAVs clocked more than 500,000 hours in the air by the beginning of 2008, performing many of the tasks normally done by piloted aircraft.
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"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire," Stark tells a group of military officers in the "Iron Man" film that opens today. "I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once."
The Marvel comic book character's suit embodies a futuristic technology that may enhance human capabilities in war, but the current battlefield belongs to a growing swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and robots that could someday give even Iron Man a run for his money. UAVs clocked more than 500,000 hours in the air by the beginning of 2008, performing many of the tasks normally done by piloted aircraft.
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