U.S. Forces Bring Robot to War

Defend America ^ | 04/09/2003 | Timothy L. Rider

[Spruce]

CAMP PENNSYLVANIA, Kuwait — While airborne robots, otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicles, first gained notoriety in Operation Desert Storm, a treads-on-the-ground cousin, the “Packbot,” has now debuted in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

[Spruce]

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[APBaer]

"U.S. Forces Bring Robot to War"

Al Gore is in theatre?

[k2blader]

Very cool!


“Packbot” is used to remotely examine equipment left on an airfield in Iraq before engineers from the 101st Airborne Division clear the runway for humanitarian relief operation. U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Rider

[antaresequity]

Ready for a little nagging?

1) Thats not a 'robot'; its a remote control device

2) I believe thats 'Sadams' Iraq flag, not the new 'old' flag

[Spruce]

The title is not mine. Which flag is correct? With, or without the arabic script?

[antaresequity]

Without the script

The one with script was introduced after the first gulf war to celebrate the glorious victory of the Iraqis after having turned back the invasion of the Infadels

[antaresequity]

Flags

[cmsgop]

MY GOD!!!!

IT'S THE SON OF BIG TRAK™!!!!!!!!

[antaresequity]

err...the script was added pripr to the gulf war

The words Allahu Akbar (God is Great) were added by Saddam Hussein prior to the start of the Gulf War. The intent was to improve an Islamic image

The Iraqis today were seen flying the '63 version

[Spruce]

Thanks friend. Fixed now. ;)

[Brett66]

That's cool, the next step is to make a robotic/RC tank to go into enemy areas and kill the enemy.

[Jhoffa_]

Ahhh! S#it. It is.. Thanks for the ping.

And from the looks of packbot's track configuration, I bet it can climb stairs and do all manner of tricks..

Pretty neat actually. Allot of the big oil companies and such are sending similar devices down to survey piping from the inside. "Sewer bots" are stringing fiber optic cables under major cities.

Lot of cool applications for small robots.

(Bet packbot can't sweep the floor though..! :)

[SENTINEL]

I built and installed a targetting system for an unmanned bradley for Dassault. Yeah, I know, I hate the French more than ever after going there 5 years back. Anyway, it's already been done.