King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Chapter 342 The Strongest Warrior on Earth

The renowned Raytheon Company booth...

When Joe Ga and his group entered the booth, they were surprised to find that there weren't many locals around; instead, there were more journalists and people from other countries lingering about.

As a leading company in the field of radar and optoelectronic sensors worldwide, the Raytheon Company's booth had a very 'sci-fi' feel to it.

As Joe Ga and the others walked into the booth, an employee was demonstrating an exoskeleton armor resembling what Tom Cruise wore in the movies.

Joe lost interest after a few minutes, as the device was just an electrically driven industrial helper; it might indeed increase the human body's load-bearing capacity and strength, but it was obviously not practical.

The appearance was not necessarily bulky, but it clearly restricted the human body significantly, and the operator demonstrated a noticeable lag in response, making them walk like a stiff robot.

However, the device, with the help of a kit, could easily lift a 50-kilogram shell, which indeed was impressive.

Unfortunately, in Joe's view, this thing should be used on a production line requiring heavy physical labor or handed over to porters.

Equipping soldiers with this gadget and sending them to battle was tantamount to signing their death warrants—it was just too slow!!

Obviously, Raytheon Company also understood the drawbacks of the mechanical exoskeleton. Without a suitable power source, turning people into Iron Man would be a long way off.

So, the purpose of Raytheon's display was clear—it was for show, to demonstrate the technological level of Raytheon Company with exoskeleton armor.

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Digital helmets that would normally be used by F35 pilots.

Protection modules filled with a sense of technology.

Sleek and colorful lightweight exoskeletons.

A futuristic battery backpack integrated with drone storage and charging functions.

A waist-mounted multi-angle machine gun bracket that extends laterally.

There was also a T-shirt that the operator wore close to the body, embedded with liquid tubing, which supposedly not only provided warmth in winter and coolness in summer but also contained built-in sensors that could monitor the soldier's health...

Whether that blonde was bluffing or not, Joe had no way of knowing, but he scanned all the gadgets to take back with him, figuring he could always make a set to verify their claims.

Joe felt he couldn't afford anything at the Raytheon Company booth.

Besides the cool exoskeleton, there was a set of the latest fourth-generation tank optoelectronic sighting equipment and a fire control computer that were real, while other stuff like missiles was all models.

The most interesting was a model of a universal ground control sphere for drone systems, downsized dozens of times, next to which was a touchscreen providing detailed demonstrations of its use.

This gadget was a universal ground station for drones, equipped with powerful software systems that could control a variety of heterogeneous drones to perform complex tasks simultaneously.

As cutting-edge as this thing was, Joe couldn't afford it; even if he spent a lot of time replicating it, without specialized personnel to install the corresponding software, it would be useless.

Compared to such an unattainable gadget, the latest fire control computer and optoelectronic sighting equipment for tanks were the real deal.

Joe might not be able to afford a tank, but he could definitely afford a 120mm mortar.

Setting up a few of these systems to build a mortar position at the base, combined with aerial surveillance blimps, might not make it impregnable, but it would certainly provide security in Africa.

Joe Ga had some gains at the Raytheon Company's booth, but when he went to the Lockheed Martin booth, which he had heard so much about, he found that this industry giant didn't seem to put much effort into the display.

Of course, their products weren't suitable for display here, to be fair.

Joe, having found nothing of interest at Lockheed Martin, finally made his way to the Canadian company booth, where he stumbled upon a pleasant surprise.

The passive exoskeleton developed by this company had an incredibly simple structure.

The main body was made of polymer, lined with a stainless steel framework.

There were two designs: one was a simple lower body exoskeleton similar to armor protectors, paired with a waist brace and a flexible back support.

There was a support plate at the back of the waist brace, which could be lowered to be fixed with the Scorpion Backpack introduced by FN Company earlier.

A passive exoskeleton without a power system couldn't provide additional strength to the wearer, but it could offset some of the load through its structure and protect the user's waist and legs from strain injuries caused by long-term heavy loading.

Strictly speaking, this gadget was a type of labor protection gear designed to reduce burdens.

For nimble warriors like Joe and his crew, using such an exoskeleton would seem a bit cumbersome due to its restrictive nature, but for a strong person like Ayu, it was perfect.

Joe found the person in charge of the company and had them help Ayu try it out, then he wandered around the booth of this obscure company with Nis.

He wouldn't have found out if he hadn't looked around, and he did indeed find it quite rewarding.

The small company known as the Canadian United Development Corporation is not actually a developer, but an integrator.

They take products from other companies and integrate them to form a complete solution.

They add a camera to a rifle, and then pair it with Google Glass to give shooting a gaming feel.

This gimmick is just for show—if shooting were really that easy, and all the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds gamers were deployed to the battlefield, they'd be invincible.

What surprised Joe Ga was a one-man detection radar that unfolded like a four-leaf clover shield.

This was the Xaver 1000 personal detection through-wall radar developed by Israel's Camero Tech company.

This device is a true CQB (Close Quarters Battle) godsend, and the most interesting part is how the Canadian company innovatively added bulletproof capabilities, then used an exoskeleton's waist extension support to easily mount it on the soldier's back.

When needed, it can be detached, unfolded into a detection radar and a decent shield, and the entire 10-kilogram weight is fully supported by the waist extension of the exoskeleton, so the user doesn't exert any effort.

Though it's somewhat bulky, and neither deploying nor retracting it is particularly convenient, this kind of thinking is truly ingenious.

Imagine playing a battle royale game where your enemy is using a wallhack—now throw in the shield functionality on top of that.

Of course, the radar's bulletproof functionality needs improvement, but that's something Joe Ga could handle.

Change the shell material, take some inspiration from tank armor design, and it could be made impregnable.

If the detection radar was a pleasant surprise, then the 'Ares' vehicle-mounted multifunctional weapon station from Brazil was just too fun.

You can connect a smartphone to its fire control radar, enabling remote control from a distance.

Damn it, and the phone is just your regular off-the-shelf model!

This is exactly the kind of civilian automated armament system that Joe Ga loves the most!!

Mount the multifunctional automated weapon station on a pickup or a large SUV and pair it with a heavy machine gun or a 40mm automatic grenade launcher as needed. Even if you're not in the vehicle, you can still use your smartphone to remotely control the automated weapon station and provide covering fire.

If you let your imagination run even wilder, you could mount a 120mm mortar on a truck, give it a rotatable base, and then, with the help of a drone or smartphone and the fire control radar's connection, cue the people on the truck to adjust the firing elements by bearing.

That would kind of count as a self-propelled artillery piece, wouldn't it!!

This is quite the most practical weapon for a company like P·B, which is short on manpower.

By then, with helicopters and Big Beak Birds in the air and 120mm mortars and 40mm automatic grenade launchers providing close and far cover on the ground, who could stand against P·B in Africa?

With this setup, even in Iraq, they'd be able to blaze a trail, right?

In all honesty, Joe Ga felt that discovering this company was the biggest gain from this trade show.

Their technology was average, but they really had imagination.

Although this kind of creativity wouldn't mean much to tech giants like Raytheon Company, and it wouldn't be practical for regular military forces, it was just right for a company like P·B.

While Nis was accompanying Ayu as she tried on the exoskeleton, Joe Ga chatted with the head of the company and then learned that their designers were just a few military enthusiasts fooling around, and amongst them, the only one who actually had fired a gun was a girl.

Right now, they all had run off to the booths of the big companies to have their fun, heedless of their thinning-haired boss's urging to come back.

Joe Ga didn't mind it; he exchanged phone numbers with the responsible party and handed him an order for 50 exoskeletons at a total price of 100,000, ensuring their company reached profitability ahead of schedule. He then made him promise to notify him immediately if their company had any good products or ideas in the future.

Afterward, Joe Ga left Nis and Ayu at the booth and took a stroll to find Sanderson and the others, 'checking out' the base defense weapons they found practical. On the way back, he swung by a corner and then picked up the Scorpion Backpack that Ayu had been coveting.

When Ayu appeared, clad in the passive exoskeleton, carrying the Scorpion Backpack, holding a 'Shield' in her left hand and a mock MK-48 in her right, she was mistaken for a model hired by the company.

She was so formidable that even Schwarzenegger standing beside her would look a head shorter, and Stallone with his red bandana on, would seem far less menacing.

If she swapped the machine gun for a spear and put on an iron mask, Ayu wouldn't even need to change her hairstyle to fully embody a war god straight out of a movie.

Watching Ayu getting besieged and photographed by a swarm of screaming kids at the booth, Joe Ga, with an arm around Nis's shoulder, looked at the dumbfounded Sanderson and the others, and Waters's utterly crestfallen face, he proudly declared, "I bet that right now, Ayu is the most formidable fighter on Earth, without exception!"

Waters blinked and cautiously asked, "Boss, is that exoskeleton that looks like skateboard armor really useful?"

Joe Ga grinned, laughing, "It's definitely useful; the exoskeleton can take at least 30% of the weight off you, but honestly, I think you chumps wouldn't stand a chance against Ayu even wearing one."

The Assault Soldiers like Sanderson didn't care much about the exoskeleton. Looking at Waters's dejected expression, Sanderson joked, "I don't think any human could be Ayu's match.

Boss, you better send Ayu back to Africa soon; that wild place is the only fitting home for her."