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US army unveil latest weapon - the robodog of war
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1055599/US-army-unveil-latest-weapon--robodog-war.html ^
Posted on 09/14/2008 10:08:26 AM PDT by traumer
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:09:08 AM PDT
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traumer
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:09:45 AM PDT
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traumer
To: traumer
To: traumer
Careful, until their housebroken, you can expect to find little piles of “C” cell batteries you’ll need to clean up.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:13:31 AM PDT
by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: traumer
what about a mule? costs a lot less....
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:15:35 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: traumer
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:15:43 AM PDT
by
GitmoSailor
(AZ Cold War Veteran====McCain/Palin 2OO8)
To: traumer
Scary looking beast on the video link. Something creepy about the way it moves yet you know its not alive. I say mount machine guns on them and turn em loose on the islamos.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:15:58 AM PDT
by
DogBarkTree
(That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
To: traumer
That version is two years old. (at least)
I want to see the new one!
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:16:13 AM PDT
by
JimBianchi11
(The 2A is the cornerstone of our free society. Those that don't openly support it, oppose it.)
To: Pajama Blogger; traumer
Lest we forget ...
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:16:16 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, Soros Â… use a RED crayon.)
To: traumer
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:17:49 AM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(I love Palin! McCain...not so much.)
To: traumer
My daughter has one of those already.
To: traumer
The video has been kicking around for a year.
I would like to see a machinegun and grenade launcher on that thing.I would pay money to see the looks on some jihadi faces as a hundred of them came charging up the street.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:21:11 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
To: traumer
Eventual top speed of 22 MPH?
According to the novel, “The Terminator,” the CSM-101 ran that fast.
However, it’d be more impressive if it were based from a spider than a dog. You can take out at least four of their legs until it’s immobilized. And, they need to arm the thing.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:24:19 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: Dick Vomer
what about a mule? costs a lot less.... What's it worth to have a mule that you can send back on it's own for more ammo?
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:28:39 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: traumer
To: traumer
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:31:41 AM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: traumer
Look, this is what's gonna happen.
The Army buys these, then their going to put some wiz-bang stuff on it that soldiers normally can't carry. Then when the dog breaks (and it WILL break), the soldiers will be stuck with carrying the dog plus whatever the dog was carrying, because their NCO will be signed for it.
I suspect this thing will go in the idea heap with the OICW.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:31:43 AM PDT
by
Lusis
("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
To: RandallFlagg
However, it’d be more impressive... It seems pretty impressive already, considering what's been accomplished so far. Why do people have this knee-jerk need to trash new prototypes, only because it's not as good as it'll be twenty years and many versions later?
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:31:53 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Lusis
Yah, that newfangled gun-thingy will never catch on. We should stick to our proven crossbows. Look what happens when the powder gets wet. It’ll never work.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:34:41 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: traumer
“
US army unveil latest weapon - the robodog of war
“
My guilty pleasure are the future robotic “spiders” and “dragonflys”
that the US military will likely employ in the next urban-landscape war.
Envisioning some Haji in a sniper hideout or deep in a cave watching
a swarm of “spiders” and/or “dragonflys”...not knowing which of them
has a small packet of explosives ready to frag him.
These guys will run out to be rescued after they see one of their
fellow terrorists get blasted by one of these robots.
They’ll need a clean change of underwear and long-term psychotherapy.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:37:13 AM PDT
by
VOA
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