A Tesla Cybertruck riddled with bullet impacts, here photographed out of military context. These shots do not come from the American army, which is preparing to use cybertrucks as a life -size targets for its ballistic trials. © Karolis Kavolelis
The Tesla Cybertruck, this angular pick-up that Elon Musk claimed indestructible, is about to enter the American army. Not in the ranks, but on the fire fields. According to official documents, the US Air Force plans to buy two cybertrucks to use them as a life -size targets during ballistic tests. A funny situation, especially when we remember that Elon Musk had imagined it as a military vehicle of the future.
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The American army will shoot missiles on Tesla Cybertrucks
It’s official: Tesla Cybertruck will join the ranks of the American army … in the line of sight. According to documents obtained by The War Zonethe Air Force Test Center wishes to acquire two copies of the vehicle to send them to the White Sands test field, to New Mexico. Objective ? Use it as targets during precision guidance missile tests.
Extract from the US Air Force document detailing the purchase of two Tesla Cybertrucks for military training purposes. They will serve as targets for real shots, due to their design deemed “less vulnerable” to the major impacts. © U.S. Air Force Test Center
And it’s no coincidence. In the documents, the army justifies this choice: some enemies could in the future use Cybertruck, renowned for its shock resistance. “They do not undergo the expected damage in the event of a major impact”soberly explains the text. In other words, it is necessary to test whether current weapons can pierce this electric tank with a mowed science fiction film look.
A creaky irony when we remember that Elon Musk had, from the beginning of Cybertruck, actively pitched his futuristic pick-up with the armed forces, praising a machine “Ball test” and ready for the apocalypse. The American army finally ordered it … to spray them with missiles, only a few months after a massive reminder of 46,000 vehicles for a common defect in body panels.
As for Tesla, which struggles to sell cybertrucks (barely 20,000 annual sales, far from the 500,000 expected), this contract is not bad news. Even if customers, this time, come with missiles.
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