Though DARPA lacks the Waffenamt's abilities in manufacturing high-tech electronics, servos and sensors, it has attempted to create its own armoured combat suit. The DARPA MIS features rifle-calibre resistant armour protection, NBC protection, a crude digital interface, and a surprising degree of mech-hand dexterity. Though it supposedly only exists as a secret project in DARPA's laboratories, Oceanykan conspiracy theorists have claimed to observe NATO special forces operating in Oceanyka using "steel suits", brushing away fire.