Fears The deadly ‘Robocop’ exoskeleton suit from Russia may be employed in Ukraine, but the armour has a critical drawback

The military of Russia has developed horrific ‘exoskeleton’ suits for soldiers to wear on the battlefield, which might be used in Ukraine.

The high-tech Iron Man-style costumes provide super-strength, deadly accuracy from afar, and the ability to run faster and longer across rough terrain.

According to the Daily Star, Russia has been discreetly developing exo-suits for years and may be planning to deploy them in the Ukraine conflict.

The Russian army has already tested “active powered” exoskeletons, which can be worn to soldiers and provide them with android-like abilities.

They are made to supplement and improve the wearer’s talents.

Increased strength, deadly precision even from a distance, faster speed, battery power to improve endurance, and injury prevention are just a few of the benefits.

They can assist warriors with carrying far larger loads and even provide deadly accuracy over long distances for machine guns.

Troops can go vast distances across flat terrain thanks to a battery-powered engine.

Its built-in hydraulics technology also allows warriors to carry heavy items for longer periods of time.

Similar unpowered suits are already in use in the automotive industry, where they reduce worker muscular tension, reducing back and shoulder injuries and increasing productivity.

Its titanium shell, on the other hand, keeps it light, allowing trops to cover ground swiftly.

The outfits, according to Oleg Faustov of Russian Army defence contractor TsNiiTochMash, will make ordinary human warriors even deadlier.

He informed official news agency TASS that “we have already held trials for the prototype of the active exoskeleton.”

“It significantly improves a serviceman’s physical capabilities. For example, the tester was able to successfully hit targets while shooting from a machine gun with only one hand.”

Last year, the Russian state corporation Rostec stated that the “Iron Man” suits had proven “extremely efficient” in operations in Syria during trials.

“Apart from enhancing a soldier’s capabilities, it boosts a whole unit’s combat capability,” it told Russian state news agency Sputnik.

“That is also supported by the tactical use experience. In Syria, sappers equipped with passive exoskeletons are on the job.”

Russian experts claim they intend to improve their design by 2025 in order to make it stronger and faster.

The Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building in Russia has also created unpowered “Ratnik” battle suits.

This has the added benefit of avoiding one of the exo-most suit’s serious weaknesses.

If the battery dies, the fatigued user may be stranded and unable to move until a replacement can be found.

DEADLY ARSENAL

It comes as Russia claims to have for the first time deployed its “unstoppable” hypersonic missiles in Ukraine.

The dramatic moment a missile destroys an ammo stockpile in western Ukraine is captured on video.

The ‘Kinzhal’ – or Dagger – weapon, according to Moscow, is “unstoppable” by contemporary Western armaments.

The footage, which was apparently shot by a military drone, shows the moment a deadly Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile struck a big Ukrainian weapons storage in Ivano-Frankivsk.

“A big underground storage housing missiles and aviation ammunition in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region was destroyed by the Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles,” Russia’s defense ministry said.

The new Kinzhal is being employed for the first time in the battle, but it was previously “tested” in Syria under combat conditions.

The missile, which travels at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable by conventional air defense systems, was previously dubbed “an ideal weapon” by President Putin.