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March 26th, 2009, 02:45 PM #1
U.S. Unleashes Robots In Afghan War
U.S. Unleashes Robots In Afghan War
AMERICA has called out its new weapon to send into battle in Afghanistan - a terrifying pack of robotic "BigDogs".
The state-of-the-art headless four-legged metal beasts have been designed to navigate the country's treacherous terrain.
And - as it leaps towards the enemy on animal-inspired articulated legs - the BigDog also lets off an eerie lawnmower buzz.
Creators Boston Dynamics claim BigDog can run as fast as four miles per hour, walk slowly, lie down and climb slopes up to 35 degrees.
These are just some of the new weapons being tested in the wartorn country - along with pilotless helicopters than can transport tons of supplies to remote bases.
The K-MAX remote-controlled chopper has been designed to fly even in Afghanistan's high altitudes.
Frans Jurgens, spokesman for Lockheed Martin Corporation, which manufactures the K-MAX, said: “The K-MAX is basically an aerial truck.
"All the energy goes into the lift and eliminates the need for the tail rotor.""Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! " - Patrick Henry
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March 26th, 2009, 02:48 PM #2Grand Member
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Re: U.S. Unleashes Robots In Afghan War
ruh ro...........
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March 26th, 2009, 02:53 PM #3
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Mount "The Hammer" on the BigDog and you are in business.
That's what I'm talking about!
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March 26th, 2009, 04:07 PM #4
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When Skynet becomes self aware, we are all SCREWED!
"The rifle is the weapon of democracy. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military. The hired servants of our rulers. Only the government-and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws." (Edward Abbey, "The Right to Arms," Abbey's Road [New York, 1979])
I have my rifle. Do you?
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March 26th, 2009, 04:15 PM #5
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du-dum, du, dudum...
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~Samuel Adams
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
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March 26th, 2009, 04:16 PM #6
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March 26th, 2009, 04:27 PM #7
Re: U.S. Unleashes Robots In Afghan War
The future is not set,
fire is in the mind of the believer,
Back off the ASE Buss Galen,
I have 3 emails waiting
Yahoo messenger is connected
Unlock the Opera House Door
End of line...
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