/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10863567
This. Although, it's still a good idea to have stronger infantry so they can carry more equipment. If nothing else, then they can carry more armor to protect themselves. However, spacers will not be the only ones who will enjoy this advantage for long as Terra and Mars would institute their own high g training programs to make stronger troops.

This means that the average troop would not only need to carry the extra armor to protect themselves, but also carry the arms necessary to defeat the armor of the enemy. As the power of arms increases, the amount of armor need to be effective would increase. Thus troops would need to carry even more mass on their bodies. Which at the beginning, higher g training would be used to gain more strength.

Eventually though, as the arms race continues, the strength a soldier would need to have to carry the modern arms and armor necessary would increase to the point where relatively cheap high g training would no longer supply. Either armor that can carry it's own weight, or genetic engineering would be required in order for an army to keep the strength of it's forces competitive. As time goes on, BOTH self-carrying armor and genetic engineering would be needed and...

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