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Robots on the Battlefield

Robotics to play major role in future warfighting

From the article:

A study by USJFCOM's Project Alpha is currently testing the viability of what used to be a fanciful notion but is now bordering on reality -- robotic warfare. By as early as 2005, autonomous robots on the battlefield might not be just a notion, but a norm... Project Alpha, a U.S. Joint Forces Command rapid idea analysis group, is in the midst of a study focusing on the concept of developing and employing robots that would be capable of replacing humans to perform many, if not most combat functions on the battlefield.

The study, appropriately titled, "Unmanned Effects: Taking the Human out of the Loop," suggests that by as early as 2025, the presence of autonomous robots, networked and integrated, on the battlefield might not be the exception, but, in fact, the norm.

According to this article, "The Army has 482,000 active-duty soldiers. With Guard and Reserve forces, there are 1.2 million soldiers in the total Army." It will be great to take take all 1.2 million of them off the battlefield and out of harm's way. But by 2025 they will also all be unemployed.

With robots on the battlefield, there is not really any limit to the size of the army or the army's destructive force. One year you buy half a million robots, the next year you buy another half million, and so on. Nations with robotic armies will have a startling amount of power.