The Inside Story of the Armed Robot Pullout Rumor

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that the initial rumor of the SWORDS robots being pulled out of Iraq — and its subsequent correction — were just that: sensationalizing in the blogosphere. Popular Mechanics has a lengthy update to its original scoop, digging into the sketchy responses from defense contractors when pressed about the bot's actual duties in battle. From the article: 'Although others have used our story to generate a false online rumor about these armed UGVs, the nature of those "technical issues" that Gotvald mentioned in his statement, and that Qinetiq and Foster-Miller have yet to address directly, remains a mystery. Until someone can explain why SWORDS lost its funding, and what exactly it is — and isn't — being used for in Iraq, the rumors are likely to continue. If this is the dawn of the era of robotic infantry, things are off to a decidedly rocky start.""

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Re:They have robots firing from the air

[freedom_india]

It's about kicking him in the balls and then shooting him dead when he's on the ground Guess that's what cheney is doing right now to his enemies: The people of USA.
Kicking them with record foreclosures, and donating money to banks which have 'lost' money in foreclosures, while disregarding the plight of the man who has lost his home to ARM.
Plus, the increasing price of gas which hits the man doubly when he has lost his home BECAUSE some greedy bank raised payment from $800 to $3600 suddenly.