First Armed Robots On Patrol In Iraq
It'll all be just a computer game soon, with Iraqi doors being blown open and "insurgents" dispatched by pimple faced kids in air conditioned rooms munching on pizza.
"Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time -- the first time in any warzone -- the machines are carrying guns.
After years of development, three "special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system" (SWORDS) robots have deployed to Iraq, armed with M249 machine guns. The 'bots "haven't fired their weapons yet," Michael Zecca, the SWORDS program manager, tells DANGER ROOM. "But that'll be happening soon."
Of course, there might be um, complications.
"Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time -- the first time in any warzone -- the machines are carrying guns.
After years of development, three "special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system" (SWORDS) robots have deployed to Iraq, armed with M249 machine guns. The 'bots "haven't fired their weapons yet," Michael Zecca, the SWORDS program manager, tells DANGER ROOM. "But that'll be happening soon."
Of course, there might be um, complications.
posted by nolocontendere at 11:24 PM
1 Comments:
Hmm... a strong fishnet will slow these things down, possibly long enough for them to be targeted and destroyed, or at least rendered ineffective.
I would suggest hanging fishnets up near the ceilings in structures just inside entrances, in alleys, etc...
Of course, with the outlawing of hemp, good strong fishnets are scarece these days. Makes one even more suspicious about the ulterior motives of the rabid prohibitionists that scared congress into outlawing hemp to begin with.
Nick Z.
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