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Dispatches from the Robot Apocalypse – Part XII

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According to Wired the "robot war over Libya has already begun"

Just to show how useless we watery meat-bags are:

The Predators fly lower than gunships like the AC-130 or attack planes like the A-10. Their sensor and camera suites give them better visibility than human pilots have, reducing the risk of collateral damage. And they can fly for 24 hours at a time, providing “extended persistence.”

Further:

But chalk up another milestone for drone warfare. First they hunted terrorists and insurgents. Now they’re going to shoot missiles at dug-in armor and mobile infantry forces, all so the United States can pretend it’s not expanding its involvement in a war conceived on the fly. What can’t robots do?

Quite.
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Written by nickwatts

May 7, 2011 at 11:08 pm

Posted in Work

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