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US Army Testing Robots with Shotguns

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hot-lead-for-hu-mans dept.

Darren writes "The US Army is testing robots armed with shotguns. The robots are called Packbots and have already seen some action in Iraq. It also has chemical sensors that detect nuclear, biological, and chemical contaminants. Maybe I've seen a few too many bad sci-fi movies, but robots with shotguns scare me."

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  1. Re:uhoh by Xemu · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I am a viral sig. Please help me spread.

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  2. Re:Shotguns violate the Geneva Convention. by pyro+jackelope · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tell that to the people dressed as civilians blowing away women and children with bombs strapped to their chest.

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  3. Re:Dupe? Old? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Elect a fascist and guess what, get exotic superweapon technology and secret services obsessed with control and the occult. Do the words "Konzentrationslager" and "Zyklon-B" ring a bell when mentioned in one sentence with Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo?

  4. Re:Dupe? Old? by jcr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you notice that back in 2000, none of the people who demanded that we have recount after recount until gore won were offering to rescind the Kennedy administration?

    -jcr

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