Russian military scientists have presented their vision of future warfare. And it looks like a Star Wars Imperial Shadow Stormtrooper.
The prototype combat suit was revealed last week by the Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building in Moscow.
It boasts a watertight,flame resistant suit, a helmet incorporating a heads-up display and breathing filtration unit, and a portable computer and battery pack.
this suit all attached to a titanium exoskeleton to distribute the weight so as not to tire out the trooper it encases.
Even the boots are high-spec: These come with built-in mine detectors.
Russian state-run media company says the suits are expected to complete development within "a couple of years".
The combat suit is just one of a swath of future weapons systems being boasted about in Russian state-run media as part of a push to revitalise the country’s military.
Models of future battlecruiser and aircraft carrier designs have also been bandied about.