The U.S. government is continuing its march towards an all-robot army. The Predator drones, featured heavily in the Afghani campaign, strapped with missiles was just the beginning. The next step are the Special Weapons Observation Remote reconnaissance Direct action Systems, or "SWORDS" robots.
(Via Reality Carnival.)
The SWORDS bots so eerily resemble the Mars Exploration Rovers that I can foresee conspiracy theorists concluding they were secretly designed for eventual shoot-outs with gun-toting Martians.
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Funny the evolving autonomous killing machines in 'Screamers' were also called swords.
Although Dicks moniker was different in 'Second Variety' the irony is still thick.
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