To Hide Their Rocket Launchers from The Chinese, U.S. Marines Could Print ‘Instant’ Bunkers
David Axe
Aerospace & Defense
A HIMARS eases into a 3D-printed bunker. Icon 3D
Equipped with a 3D-printer, a crane, a power supply, water and a huge tank of cement-like slurry, a squad of U.S. Marines built, in just three days, a protective bunker big enough to hide a rocket launcher.
That might not sound like a big deal. But as the Marine Corps reorganizes for a 21st-century island-hopping campaign, it could need new way of quickly building structures that can hide its forces from Chinese satellites, spy planes and drones.
Last year, Austin-based Icon 3D trained eight Marines at Camp Pendleton to use the company’s scaffold-like 3D printer. Later, the company shipped one of its printers to the California base for a demonstration. In late July, Icon 3D finally released a video of the demonstration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/08/21/to-hide-their-rocket-launchers-from-the-chinese-us-marines-could-print-instant-bunkers/#4a3e0736145e
