08-29-2020, 09:22
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Russia deploys Stealth Parachutes
Maybe this should be in the Comedy Zone?? 
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Russian military and defense-industry innovators are now working on engineering specially configured “stealth” parachutes reportedly invisible to night-vision goggles, as part of an effort to prepare for potentially undetected nighttime air-assaults.
According to TASS, the Russian News Agency, a firm called the Technodinamika Group is pioneering the technology.
“The effect of chemical spraying for making the parachute invisible for night vision devices on the physical properties of basic fabrics used in the manufacture of parachute systems’ canopies and cords and, correspondingly, the possibility of their use in producing materials for the canopies of parachute systems, are now being studied,” the Technodinamika chief said, according to the report in TASS.
The TASS report goes on to state that a “stealth effect is achieved by applying special saturating techniques at the stage of producing polyamide threads and fabrics.”
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08-30-2020, 04:12
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Did they make the parachutes out of old BDUs? Weren’t they “Coated” with something to reduce NVD reflectivity? That is until you wash them.
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08-30-2020, 04:43
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That's all fine and dandy, but I hope they have the same material on the guys dangling beneath....or your gonna see a bunch of peeps floating down to earth without parachutes... 
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08-30-2020, 09:40
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IIRC, didn't they field this technology during WWII when they dropped troops into deep snow without chutes as a means to set up an expedited blocking/delaying force against a German advance?
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08-30-2020, 11:31
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I heard about that, probably rumor, as I'm sure the history channel would've had something on it...
I also heard the Germans painted rocks white...so there's that...
That would suck..
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