Flying Royal Marines test out jetsuit over open water in maritime operations

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Jet suit developer Gravity Industries has joined forces with the Royal Marines to test how their product can assist in Maritime Boarding Operations. • The company said their team spent three days with 42 Commando Royal Marines from HMS Tamar off the south coast of the United Kingdom. • A video handout out from Gravity Industries showed a Maritime Boarding Operation exercise where a fast rib boat is coming alongside a moving high sided ship, and hooking a caving ladder to permit assaulting personnel access. Without the jet suit, the only alternative is using a helicopter and fast roping one at a time. Both methods are slow and vulnerable. • But a Royal Marine wearing the jet suit flies over the boats and lands on the ship, ahead of everyone else. • The vision with the Jet Suit is to provide extremely rapid access to any part of the target vessel, instantly freeing up hands to bear a weapon, and even retaining the capability to relocate on target or self-exfiltrate, the company said in a news release. • This is increasingly seen as a revolution in tactical capability for many special forces and has much broader application beyond Maritime boarding. • The jet suit has previously been tested by paramedics in England's remote, rugged Lake District region to get them to people in danger or distress in a fraction of the time it would take to travel by car or on foot. • From Brexit breaking news to HD movie trailers, The Sun newspaper brings you the latest news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world. • • Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know • • Read The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk • Like The Sun on Facebook: / thesun • Follow The Sun on Twitter: / thesun • Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: / 1633225139

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