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S. Korea Considers Using Armed Robots Along DMZ

Posted by Zonk on from the worked-in-robocop dept.

Slicker writes "S. Korea and N. Korea (aka the ROK and DPRK, respectively) share the most heavily fortified border that has ever existed. Now the ROK is considering deployment of armed robots." Not expected until sometime in the 2010s. From the article: "Robots with weapons mounted on their frames are each expected to be able to observe from 2 and 1 kilometers during the day and night, respectively, and will have the capability to record voices and take pictures in a 180-degree circle."

3 of 406 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Windows by Flamekebab · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Will they suffer from spam?
    More importantly, will we still have to deal with people forgetting to pay for another year of Norton Anti-virus updates?

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    Oops.. I knew there was something we forgot to update..

  2. Re:Still... by chris234 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We need a new moderation level, "inane movie reference".

  3. the fine article crashes firefox by dcd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anyone else see firefox crash while reading the article?
    http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/20 05/04/09/200504090026.asp