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Robot Plane Drops Bomb in Successful Test

If the Marines' Gladiator robot or DARPA's huge Spinner robot are not enough for you, then try the new robotic bomber, offically known as the X-45:



From the article:

A robotic plane deliberately dropped a bomb near a truck at Edwards Air Force Base on Sunday, marking another step forward for technology the U.S. military hopes will one day replace human pilots on dangerous combat missions.

Under human supervision but without human piloting, a prototype of the Boeing Co.'s X-45 took off from the desert base, opened its bomb bay doors, dropped a 250-pound Small Smart Bomb and then landed.

Now imagine thousands of Gladiator, Spinner and the X-45 robots operating together on the battlefield, or quelling a riot in a city.

This robotic airplane also marks another step in the elimination of humans from the cockpit.