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Royal Marines test jet suit, fly between raft, ship

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Royal Marines recently tested a jet pack that makes them fly like Iron Man.

The pack was designed and built by Richard Browning, The Times reported.

Browning is a former Royal Marine reservist and Gravity Industries founder and chief test pilot.

The suit can reach speeds of 80 mph and climb to 12,000 feet, CNN reported.

They recently performed an underway boarding exercise where the test pilots flew from a small military raft to a ship on open water. They also flew from and around the ship.