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.'"

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Techwin!

[gbjbaanb]

This is that you want to see - it shoots things near the end, the beginning is more a demo for the CnC GUI.

Re:I sure hope that's a misprint.

[cusco]

No, that would be standard rules of engagement for the DMZ. Wandering livestock is regularly shot there, and sometimes the shepherds that try to retrieve them.

Re:Pictures?

[alex-tokar]

Found this picture at Yahoo news reporting the same thing.

Re:I sure hope that's a misprint.

[theheadlessrabbit]

...I'm surprised there aren't automated sentry guns, barb wire fencing, huge ditches, tall walls, flood lights, and a special "nuke" drop in case all shit hits the fan.

There are several of those things on the boarder.
On the South Korean side of the DMZ, I saw a very tall razor-wire fence, then a deep trench, then another large razor-wire fence on the other side of the trench. On every few fence poles their is either a floodlight, a camera, or a super sensitive microphone. Apparently, they can hear just about anything that moves on their side of the DMZ, then figure out the exact location from the delay between different microphones. Every 500 meters is a manned guard tower with a big-ass machine gun.

There is also a huge wall inside the DMZ, separating the two Koreas. SK says their isn't, but it is clearly visible from the North. (this knowledge is from a documentary video from another group of people, I refuse to go to the North myself, I do not want my dollars going to their government)