You Have to See These Marines Training With a Jet-Suit!

Jet suits are real and they’re the Royal Marines newest military gadget.

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00:00This is Britain-based Gravity Industries jet suit piloted by founder Richard

00:09Browning, and recently he and his real-life Iron Man flight suit took to

00:12the skies in training exercises with Britain's Royal Marines. Gravity

00:16Industries spent three days performing exercises with the military

00:19organization, in this video showing the culmination of those drills. This is an

00:23operation where Navy Marines are training fast boarding exercises on the

00:27water. The jet suit pilot is able to fly ahead of the boats and attach a ladder

00:30on the side of the vessel, allowing the Marines to easily make their way onto it.

00:34A task which would otherwise require a helicopter and a technique called fast

00:38roping, where personnel have to rappel down a rope one at a time, a dangerous

00:42maneuver during real-world scenarios. A spokesperson for Gravity Industries had

00:46this to say about the jet suits particular set of skills. The vision with

00:49the jet suit is to provide extremely rapid access to any part of the target

00:53vessel, instantly freeing up hands to bear a weapon and even retaining the

00:56capability to relocate on target or self-exfiltrate, and if nothing else it's

01:01just plain awesome.