On a brisk afternoon in early August of 1959, the United States Army debuted what the service billed as its "ultimate weapon"-not a new bomb, not a specialized tank or fighting vehicle, but a single soldier outfitted in combat gear worthy of the Atomic Age.
The soldier's face was shrouded in a heavy "plastic laminate" helmet outfitted with infrared binoculars for night vision and a two-way radio for rapid communication, his body covered head-to-toe in a camouflage "layered nylon armor" purportedly designed to counter not just small arms fire but also the effects of a nuclear blast.
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