backwards defense research

defense research agencies 

fund research into exoskeletons 

that are supposed to make soldiers stronger and faster 

but exoskeletons have too weak batteries 

so exoskeletons probably last for only a few hours 

while soldiers need their equipment to function for weeks at a minimum 

and preferably for months or years 

so defense research agencies pour money into projects 

that lead nowhere 

equipment is produced 

but unused 

it would be smarter 

if defense research agencies funded research 

into exoskeletons for physically disabled 

and when the technology is more mature 

then that technology could be used by soldiers in the battlefield 

weak batteries is less of a problem in a peacetime city environment 

than a battlefield 

because a physically disabled person that sits in a wheelchair 

will probably be fine with a exoskeleton 

that only has batteries for a few hours 

since an automated wheelchair could follow along 

the physically disabled person wearing an exoskeleton 

when the batteries of the exoskelton wears out 

then the physically disabled person could sit with the exoskeleton 

in the automated wheelchair 

while the exoskeleton charges electricity from the batteries of the wheelchair or from a wall outlet 

or the automated wheelchair could carry extra batteries 

which could be exchanged with the batteries of the exoskeleton