Posted on 01/21/2014 12:56:41 PM PST by Olog-hai
The US Army is considering replacing thousands of soldiers with robots as it deals with sweeping troop cuts.
A senior American officer has said he is considering shrinking the size of the Army’s brigade combat teams by a quarter and replacing the lost troops with robots and remote-controlled vehicles.
The American military is still far from fielding armies of Terminator-type robotic killers, though. Ideas under discussion instead include proposals to see manned trucks and transporters replaced by supply trains of robot vehicles.
Generals are studying proposals as the US Army is to slim down from 540,000 to about 490,000 soldiers by the end of next year. Some reports suggest it could dip below 450,000 by the end of the decade. …
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Well, that WOULD give a whole new meaning to “AC/DC”. . .
Unfortunately, your post is most prescient.
5.56mm
I’m reading a traitorous article giving secrets to the world about my tax-paying military - that’s right, mine - in a U.K. paper.
Why not, Obama has already replaced ( purged ) all of the Generals and replaced them with Obamabots.
Robots? How are you going to get that many Democrats to enlist?
Remember, this is the American Army, not the Red Army.
Bingo.
Paging John and Sarah Connor....
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