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Bionic Bugs To Fight Terrorists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the really-strong-swatter dept.

dptalia writes "Israel is looking to create a small robot, no larger than a hornet to follow, film, and kill terrorists. It's just one of a series of weapons the country is considering as an alternative to conventional technologies. Other ideas floating around include gloves that would give their user 'bionic strength', and ultra-miniaturized sensors to detect explosives on suicide bombers." From the article: "The research integrates nanotechnology into Israel's security department and will find creative solutions to problems the army has been unable to address, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Yedioth Ahronoth. 'The war in Lebanon proved that we need smaller weaponry. It's illogical to send a plane worth $100 million against a suicidal terrorist. So we are building futuristic weapons,' Peres said."

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  1. How extraordinarily dumb... by gd23ka · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Stuff like that gets reengineered or stolen and then its used against the Israeli elite.

    1. Re:How extraordinarily dumb... by Robber+Baron · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      It makes you wonder if Israel would be further ahead if they tried to focus on the terrorist's technology core instead
      ...or here's a novel concept: How about they learn to play nice with their neighbours and stop stealing land that isn't theirs?
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    2. Re:How extraordinarily dumb... by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Stuff like that gets reengineered or stolen and then its used against the Israeli elite.

      It's not even necessary to steal it. When Israel's right wing determines that someone isn't tough enough on the Palestinians, Mossad will use these to take out their own leaders.

      LK

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  2. Re:This is SOOO futuristic that it won't happen so by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    In my opinion, the israelis need to invest in far better armor and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

    In my opinion, the Israelis (and their British and American enablers) need to invest in paying compensation to those from whom they stole the land to create their nation.

    Peace is not going to be possible until those crimes are acknowledged and some reparations made.

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  3. Re:This is SOOO futuristic that it won't happen so by lixee · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    In my opinion, the israelis need to invest in far better armor and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
    This will ensure a never ending cycle of violence. Of course, weapon manufacturers in the US will benefit from it. The only conclusion worth drawing from the latest Israelo-Lebanese conflict is that you need to kill every single soul in the country. Israel tried to kill as many as possible thinking the population would eventually give up and withdraw their support to Hezbollah. Guess what? It only made it stronger!

    And before you start with the usual diatribe against Arabs and how they wanna drive Jews to the sea, the origin of the conflict was not the capture (not kidnapping!!!) of the Israeli soldiers, but the regural violations of Lebanese airspace by IDF jets. Heck, even the French peacekeeping troops were gonna shoot them down. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2640384
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  4. Re:This is SOOO futuristic that it won't happen so by Abreu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    yup, just as I thought... someone must tell these people that "-1 overrated" is no substitute for intelligent discussion.

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