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USMC Shows Off New Toys

jonerik writes "And speaking of the future of unmanned combat, Wired today has this article on several new toys being developed for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Dragon Eye is a small remote-controlled airplane which can be disassembled and carried in a field pack. The Dragon Runner is a miniature camera-equipped wheeled truck about the size of a shoebox which can be sent into dangerous areas as a scout. The Dragon Warrior is a small unmanned helicopter which looks like a toilet seat with wings. Perhaps most intriguing is a device unofficially dubbed the RoboLobster, which skitters around on eight mechanical legs, detecting and disarming mines. Although the Dragon Eye is scheduled for deployment next year, the other three devices are still in the development stage."

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  1. ROBOLOBSTER!! by kupo+zero · · Score: 0, Troll

    How does this lobster disarm? Just shoot it and hopes it blows up? Geez, they better come up with better names for these new "gizmos".

  2. 11 Sept 2001 by ZenJabba1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    This being 9 months old, and happening on that day, this is very old old old old old news!

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    64 bytes from hick.org (209.242.124.241): icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=279.897 msec
    64 bytes from hick.org (209.242.124.241): icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=289.944 msec
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