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Visitors to this summer's Olympics in Beijing may see a familiar American gadget on the go, according to a report from the Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of China.
China's military demonstrated on Tuesday their skills at balancing and shooting while on Segways during a series of drills of anti-terrorist units in Jinan, Shandong Province, according to Xinhua.
The Segway was demonstrated as a useful tool since it allows soldiers, once they are trained in balancing and maneuvering the machine, to keep both hands on their weapon while still accelerating and turning the device with their body movements. In skilled hands, a Segway could be kept still enough to offer a stable position from which to shoot.
While visually amusing, the use is not entirely surprising as Segway proudly touts its Robotic Mobility Platform (RMP) on its Web site and lists all four branches of the U.S. military as clients.
This one doesn't have anything to do with Segways, but it does show the Chinese military operating a flame sprayer during an anti-terrorism drill. Kinda seems like overkill to me, but, whatev.
1 comment:
If I was a Chinese cop, I would want the flamethrower AND the Segway.
That wouldn't be overkill at all. ;)
Have you seen the BBC Beijing air quality monitoring series? That's going to be a bigger deal than terrorism at these games.
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