Watch: The testing of ‘Iron Man’ jet suit by British Royal Navy

The British Royal Navy along with the Royal Marine have joined hands with Gravity Industry, the jet suit developer to test their latest jet suit that could fly up to 80 miles per hour and climb up to 12,000 feet.

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 The viral video of the marine exercise was shared on their official youtube page of the company. The 3.16 minute long video has received over one million views. In the video The British Royal Marines are seen launching from the boat wearing a jet suit, which allows them to move over water and land successfully aboard the Royal Navy Batch 2 River Class Offshore patrol ship HMS Tamar.

The guardian reported that the testing took place off the south coast of the UK and lasted for three days. It involved 42 commando Royal Mariners. The main aim of the suit is to improve the movement between two moving vessels and to find an alternative to boarding via helicopter fast roping.

Gravity Industry also took to social media and posted few videos of testing.