Taiwan goes all “Star Wars Storm Troopers”

This is what the Star Wars storm troopers looked like:

STAR-WARS-STORMTROOPERS

And this is the new bullet proof uniform for Taiwan’s special forces:

Taiwan special forces uniform

You can see more here.

Please let me know if I’ve been hoaxed or if I’m correct that this is the real deal.

As someone who wears face masks for martial arts, I have to say that I get claustrophobic just looking at that.  It’s nice to have facial protection, but that looks a little to oxygen-free for me.