Heippa, Steemians! Today i am talking about robots that are used in military.
The robots are coming!
Paul Revere's 1775 alert to people that British troops were advancing might have had a different ring to it if it came in the modern age of warfare.
Missile firing drones used in the U.S. war on terror to the army of mechanical bomb-diffusers relied on by U.S. forces in Iraq and elsewhere. More of the operations traditionally performed by soldiers are now in the hands of machines or robots.
Will the robots eventually replace human boots on the ground? At least one American military leader thinks so.
Captain Judith Gallagher
displays an robot known as the “Dragon Runner” in London. The robot fits in a backpack and has a camera to look under and around vehicles and other objects.
The images are sent to a control center in real time
Robert Cone,
the man in charge of the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command, said in 2013 that machines like drones (and robots) could replace up to a quarter of troops in combat by 2030. In an effort to become "a smaller, more lethal, deployable and agile force."
War ain't cheap
It's easy to understand the basics of robotic troops. War ain't cheap tho. In addition to the incalculable price that comes with putting soldiers in the line of fire, there is also the cost of training, feeding, supplying and housing them during active military operations
On the other hand, there are probably some things that robots just can't do. Or are there?
Anyways, thank you for reading my article!