I’m not quite sure if the Ghanaian Army was serious or not when they included their clunky “Iron Man” suits in a military parade.
Members of the Ghanaian Army rocking their combat exoskeletons.
I wish we could embed music into these posts. If we could, right now, you’d be listening to “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath. Take a second and let that mentally queue up the background as you read this story.
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It was during a Technology Exhibition in the Ghanaian capital of Accra where it looks like an eight-year-old with millions of dollars and a connection to military contractors went wild and designed Iron Man suits and a robotic walking tank (complete with cream-colored leather seats) for the armed forces of Ghana.
Have you ever been to West Africa? Suffice it to say it’s hot AF. I hope they gave their “Iron Man” warriors plenty of breaks.
I couldn’t help but design my own Iron Man-esque armor. Original art by SOFREPThe images are the stars of this story, so I’m including plenty of them. This one is courtesy of The Daily Mail.
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The Twitterverse Chimes In
>Ghana, a third world country makes powered armor suits on chump change >meanwhile our Trillion dollar Military Industrial Complex is Paying out the ass for a n overpriced Lemon of a Stealth Fighter (F-35).