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Rafael seeks to outfit IDF with drones, robots that spot threats by themselves
https://www.timesofisrael.com ^ | 12/27/2020 | By JUDAH ARI GROSS

Posted on 12/27/2020 2:55:21 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

Defense contractor displays new artificial intelligence-powered military hardware, techniques that it says will shape the battlefield of the future

The Rafael defense contractor on Sunday unveiled a number of new weapons and systems, including miniature drones and a robotic dog, which it plans to sell to the Israel Defense Forces and foreign militaries and that it claims will change the face of modern warfare.

The company, one of the country’s leading weapons manufacturers, sees these technological developments as a step toward a more interconnected and intelligent future battlefield, one in which many of the impediments to proper communication between various units and vehicles have been removed, granting the entire military access to up-to-date information and intelligence.

“Today, we can really talk about the ability to connect — in real time — the plane, the helicopter, the drone, the tank, the soldier, the half-track on every front, at all times, constantly,” said Rafael CEO Yoav Har-Even.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ai; skynet


1 posted on 12/27/2020 2:55:21 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19
Hope its not an ed 209
2 posted on 12/27/2020 3:02:16 PM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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To: RomanSoldier19

AI ROBOT CQB

link !

3 posted on 12/27/2020 3:11:07 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

What could possibly go wrong!? Hacked bots will be swatting locations all over the place! “It was a glitch!”


4 posted on 12/27/2020 3:29:28 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

LOL, what could go wrong?


5 posted on 12/27/2020 7:09:29 PM PST by Wallace51
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