[Spktyr]

What idiot makes an automated weapons system with no kill switch???

Oh - ED209 was unavailable for comment.

[Spktyr]

Entire article link: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki.html

[SatinDoll]

I find this suspicious. It is almost as though it had been written, as a movie script, by someone in Hollywood.

[FreedomCalls]

[punster]

To err is human.

To really screw things up, you need a computer.

Other variations:

To err is human.

To really screw things up, you need a congressional committee.

etc.

[Stoat]

Oerlikon 35mm Twin Field Air Defence Gun Type GDF-005

 

Oerlikon GDF-005

 

 

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MAIN FEATURES
• Automatic reloaders which make it possible to feed and fire all the ammunition available on the gun without manual intervention
• Computer controlled Gun-King sighting system for 3-Dimensional target tracking with laser range finder
• Optimized Oerlikon 35mm type KDC automatic cannon with breech recoil brake, rate of attenuation and firing pin lock
• Weapon cover with built in automatic breech block lubrication
• Power supply system integrated with the gun
• 1 person gun operation
• Large supply of ready to fire ammunition on gun (280 rounds)
• Integrated full camouflage available as an option

TECHNICAL DATA
• Gun - Calibre - 35mm
• Rate of Fire - 2 x 550 = 1100 rounds/min
• Muzzle Velocity - 1175 m/s
• Barrel Length (90 cal) - 3150 mm
• Weight w/ammunition - 7700 kg
• Weight w/o ammunition - 7250 kg

GUN-KING 3-D SIGHT SYSTEM
• Periscope - Enlargement - 8x
• Periscope - Field of Vision - 8 deg.
• Laser - range - 4km
• Digital Microcomputer (max hit range) - 4 km

AMMUNITION
• Types - HEI, HEI-T, HEI-P, SAPHEI-T, TP, TP-T
• Mass of round - approx 1562 g
• Mass of projectile - approx 550 g
• Length of round - approx 387 mm

 

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• Gun - Calibre - 35mm
• Rate of Fire - 2 x 550 = 1100 rounds/min
• Muzzle Velocity - 1175 m/s

ummmm....yep, that's something that you don't want to get in front of..

[rednesss]

"Oh - ED209 was unavailable for comment."

I do not find you amusing. Put down your weapon, you have 15 seconds to comply!

[Berlin_Freeper]

> Shall we play a game?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Echoes of HAL....

Though 2001: A Space Odyssey was a fairly lame movie.

[Mobile Vulgus]

Is it possible to place one of these canons in Congress?

[weegee]

People have no problems with computers/robots giving traffic tickets. How many would be prepared to let an ATM shoot to kill if it suspected that you were “robbing” the machine or attempting to get money from “someone else’s” account.

[familyop]

It was probably running on Java or C#.

[Tall_Texan]

[ArtDodger]

General Dichead, “Nice toy you have here. What does this button do?”

“Click”

Brrrp!

General Dichead, “Oops! I mean, I didn’t push any button. It just started shooting. Right? RIGHT??”

[Robert A Cook PE]

Oh Shiitte!

(Now, he wonders cynically, would the brasses’ response be different if the automatic cannon had swept through the benches and reviewing stand where the brass were standing?)

[vetvetdoug]

In other news, James Watson is being stripped of his duties at the University he works for making disparaging remarks about ethnic intelligence.....

[Lion Den Dan]

What idiot makes an automated weapons system with no kill switch???

Ask Dr, Watson.

[MinuteGal]

Hey, guys.....you hafta aim the cannon AWAY from you.

Leni

[444Flyer]

I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I think one of those is the Governor of California!

[Just another Joe]

It was the BAD robot from Robocop 2 – Cain!

[The_Media_never_lie]

Had the designers not seen the Terminator movies?