U.S deploys "Killer Robot" in Iraq.

[Ned Ludd]

Given the indiscriminate shooting of civilians by US forces to date, I can only wonder at the potential carnage posed by this risk-free (to the US military) killing machine

On the plus side I imagine it doesn't rape civilians......proving there's always a positive side to every situation

[craigmason]

Well if it stop's our troops getting shot at and killed doing a dangerous job it will be money well spent you can replace one of these robots you cannot replace a human soldier

[Tipex]

Is this the start of robot wars?

[Crayfish]

I reckon this'd take out Sir Killalot

[SpiderPete]

I wonder what Optimus Prime thinks of all this.

 

Robots they will take over the world.

 

WE ARE DOOMED.

[bladesufc1]

in case you wan to buy , here's the full specs of it

 

http://www.foster-miller.com/literature/documents/TALONBrochure.pdf

[Tony]

Wow... that's pretty cool. Just like something out of Terminator

 

Except that they were invented by the British Army in 1972 and have been the cause of countless 'controlled explosions' since.

 

http://www.mind42.com/wiki/Image:Remotely_controlled_bomb_disposal_tool.JPG

[nick2]

i would have said more like Stargate sg1

 

I would have said more like Robot Wars

[Berberis]

Given the indiscriminate shooting of civilians by US forces to date, I can only wonder at the potential carnage posed by this risk-free (to the US military) killing machine

On the plus side I imagine it doesn't rape civilians......proving there's always a positive side to every situation

 

God, more anti-American clap trap!

 

The US and UK troops try their utmost to limit causalities, but when your enemy place themselves in among the very population you are trying to protect its very hard, no near on impossible to prevent civilian casualties. The fact is the majority of people killed in Iraq are killed by their own people not the (UK and US) troops.

 

Tarring all troops with descriptions such as "indiscriminate shooting of civilians" plays right into the insurgents hands. They want you to think this. They put themselves in to homes and places where the civilian population is dense so if they are attacked lots of innocent people will be killed, creating anger and resentment against the troops. This has been used to great effect in places like Palestine. Why don’t these militant groups stay out of the populated areas they are supposed to be fighting for, like in the movies? Because they use the population as human shields!

 

Oh and the rape charge thing. Well they where found guilty and have been handed sentences over 100 years a piece. So life, Justice has been served, al-be-it US justice. The atrocities carried out by insurgents is much MUCH worse!

 

The actions of a few idiots does not mean the whole of the army population is at fault, in the same way the actions of the insurgents does not mean all Iraqis are brutal murderers!

[Swan_Vesta]

Wouldn't matter... just use it on her if she becomes unreasonable

 

I wouldn't dare ......... She'd kick the robot from here to Baghdad