Rise of the Robot Squadrons

Velcroman1 writes 'Taking a cue from the Terminator films, the US Navy is developing unmanned drones that network together and operate in 'swarms.' Predator drones have proven one of the most effective — and most controversial — weapons in the military arsenal. And now, these unmanned aircraft are talking to each other. Until now, each drone was controlled remotely by a single person over a satellite link. A new tech, demoed last week by NAVAIR, adds brains to those drones and allows one person to control a small squadron of them in an intelligent, semiautonomous network.'

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Re:Semi-autonomous being key

[Max Littlemore]

Military is going to trust their brothers in arms that have fought and bled beside them far more then some piece of code.

Bled? What, do they cut themselves shaving that often?

Come on, pussies sitting in front of screens are not soldiers. If they're willing to kill remotely at the push of a button, they are likely to be more than a little fucked up and are probably less trustworthy than code.