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Military Robots Get Machine Guns

Posted by samzenpus on from the remote-war dept.

javaxman writes "Next spring, the U.S. military is expecting to deploy Talon robots with machine guns. They can also be equiped with rocket launchers. Really, they're remote-controlled 'bots, not true autonomous 'bots, so you can save the Skynet jokes for, um, some day in the not-to-distant future. This is just the first, or maybe second step. As for me, I just want to see arena matches between gangs of these suckers. Robot wars indeed!"

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  1. FP by 455 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    First Post!

  2. This is OLD NEWS by ponds · · Score: -1, Redundant

    We've had this for years in Korea, In fact only old people and bearded terminal hackers use them any more.

  3. Hope they don't have a short circuit... by metachor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Johnny #5 is alive!

  4. Arnold by badpenguin · · Score: -1, Redundant

    So how long untill the governor of CA comes out and tells us hes really trying to save the world from total destruction?

  5. Re:In Korea by Gentlewhisper · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In Korea only old people have robots with machine guns.

    Will you STFU? This joke is getting REALLY old man..

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  6. Pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is down right pathetic. Over and and over again you American lot prove to be completely ignorant assfucks.

    Seriously: WARS SHOULD NOT BE FOUGHT BY TOYS. That takes the entire purpose of war away. It creates a distance between yourself and the presumable bad guys (or rather the good guys, as you wankers suck) which makes it all the easier to kill them while you safely play with your remote control. Bah.

    Hasn't any of you morons even seen Gundam Wing? Well then I suggest you do. Cocksuckers. This pisses me off.