This report was originally published by Lance D Johnson at NaturalNews.com
Warfare is being reinvented. Like a scene out of The Terminator, the
future of warfare is destined to include robot soldiers, unmanned aerial
assault, and self-driving, weaponized vehicles. An $11 million contract approved by the Pentagon has
been awarded to Six3 Advanced Systems. The US Department of Defense is
calling on Six3 to “design, develop, and validate system prototypes for a
combined-arms squad.” By the year 2025, experts predict that the U.S.
military will have more robot soldiers than humans.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense directive, the new American fighting squad
is meant to combine “humans and unmanned assets, ubiquitous communications
and information, and advanced capabilities in all domains to maximize squad
performance in increasingly complex operational environments.”
Unmanned, self-driving, weaponized vehicles
The military aims to test a new system prototype by mid 2019. The robotic
fleet may include underwater drones and unmanned Army trucks that drive
themselves. The Army already has plans to test the unmanned vehicles at the
Blue Water Bridge in Michigan. This will be the first time the Army has ever
unleashed self-driving vehicles onto public roads. The test will take place
on Interstate 69 highway in Michigan.
“The U.S. military is very likely to pursue forms of automation that
reduce ‘back-office’ costs over time, as well as remove soldiers from
non-combat deployments where they might face risk from adversaries on fluid
battlefields, such as in transportation,” says Michael Horowitz, an expert on weaponized robots.
“Just as in the civilian economy, automation will likely have a big impact
on military organizations in logistics and manufacturing.” The US military
has already cut costs using technology; for instance, warships such as the
USS Zumwalt are now operated by 50 percent fewer soldiers than previous
crews.
The robot technology will accompany soldiers on dangerous missions and
perform other important tasks such as delivering supplies, analyzing legal
documents, diagnosing disease, and assisting in the operating room. The
robots will also be useful for detecting mines, mapping terrain, and
detecting weather hazards.
John Bassett, a former British intelligence officer said, “Intelligent
robotic weapons – they’re a reality, and they will be much more of a reality
by 2030.” Nothing is scarier than a fully automated $200,000 robot that can scan
terrain, locate humans and shoot them up to 2 miles away.
These robot prototypes could be the first vehicles to enter dangerous
territories. There’s no doubt that using robots to perform certain stealth
missions could spare the lives of soldiers, but using robots to more readily
penetrate enemy territory could involve more risk-taking overall, leading to
unintended consequences on a grander scale.
Many of the new prototypes to be released in the next decade will be
weaponized, leading to a new precedent in how wars are fought. How will
future militaries prepare to defend against an incoming robot army? (Related: For
more robot and technology news, check out Robotics.News.)
Sources:
DailyMail.co.uk
Defense.gov
SanDiegoTribune.com
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