5 Incredible Sources of Inspiration for the Military
Falkor: from The Neverending Story
Making a huge flying hairy snake-dog might sound crazy, and indeed it is. I can't defend it. But what makes Falkor so great is that he's a luckdragon. That's right, he's so lucky it's actually part of his genus. If we could somehow reverse engineer his luckiness, we could have a close air support platform or troop transport completely invulnerable to enemy RPG fire - so long as we remember the power of imagination.
Nazgûl: from The Lord of The Rings
Technizally the Nazgûl were the dudes who rode the black leathery dragon things that I'm talking about, but everyone calls those things Nazgûl anyways, so that's what we'll go with.
(They never did get a proper name, thank to Tolkien's almost child-like lack of merchandising acumen.) These are already black and sinister looking, like the military prefers, but could still use some upgrades: in the books they were destroyed by the bravery and character of a very small, hairy man. We probably don't want that to happen so definitely kit them out with a minigun or something, and keep them away from Italians.
Cloud Car: from The Care Bears
Not a weapon that's going to strike fear in the hearts of those who hate freedom, but bear with me. This is all about economical construction costs. You've got an airborne weapons platform for essentially the price of a beach umbrella, which may actually be superfluous, now that I look closer at it. So just the cost of the wheels then. At first I didn't know what the wheels were for, seeing as the vehicle is propelled by love, but then I remembered. They're for steering.