Making science fiction into reality, at the army


	Making science fiction into reality, at the army

balthazarus

11-9-2008 8:54 PM

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11-10-2008 7:07 AM

debbyski

Yeah, that's the ticket grow back limbs and put them right back into combat . . .

1-7-2009 2:14 AM

Kreuzberg-Jakob

I'm thinking ...................................................................................-well!

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