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South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ
shikaisi writes "Not content with just killing people in computer games, South Korea has gone one better and is deploying remotely controlled sentry robots on the border with the north. According to the article 'If the command centre operator cannot identify possible intruders through the robot's audio or video communications system, the operator can order it to fire its gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher.'"
... when ED-209 orders you to drop your gun, make sure it doesn't land on something soft that cushions the sound, mmmmmkay?
This actually was South Korea's doing. I severely doubt North Korea can spare the tech - I think they're putting all of their efforts into project "Nuke-Seoul-and-DC-on-Glorious-Leader's-Birthday"
Nice try, but the North Koreans will just send wave after wave of their own men at the killbots until they reached their pre-programmed kill limit of 999,999.
I'm shocked that it's been allowed to progress this far. I always thought that it was a war crime to use robots in this fashion. It's great to keep people out of harms way when it's your people. But when the bots are on the other side it's a different story. Not just that, but without an actual person there, it gets really hard to ascertain what's going on. Not to mention, the increased likelihood of a Terminator style robots running amok scenario.
Where is Waldo?
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
According to the article 'If the command centre operator cannot identify possible intruders through the robot's audio or video communications system, the operator can order it to fire its gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
Wouldn't it make more sense to fire the guns and grenades if the operator does identify intruders?
"Hey, I don't see anybody around, FIRE THE GUNS!" and "Look, it's an intruder, CEASE FIRE!" doesn't make a lot of sense.
... and then they built the supercollider.
It's just a reaction to North Korea dropping hot chicks from the sky: http://gizmodo.com/5580656/global-alarm-north-korea-now-has-flying-traffic-girls
if the mythbusters could do it, so can north korea
Spoken like a true Canadian.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
If the ROK government ever discovers the potential of combining this technology with the talents of an entire generation of Starcraft geniuses, the DPRK is screwed. Or, at the very least, ROK mineral production will go through the fucking roof.