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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 The rise of the machines Sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the March 13 "race" was part of the US Department of Defense's (DOD's) plan to make one-third of the military's combat vehicles driverless by 2015. The push to replace soldiers with machines is impelled by an over-extended military searching for ways to limit US casualties, a powerful circle of arms manufactures, and an empire-minded group of politicians addicted to campaign contributions by defense corporations. This "rise of the machines" is at the heart of President George W Bush's recent military budget. Sandwiched into outlays for aircraft, artillery and conventional weapons are monies for unmanned combat aircraft, robot tanks, submarines and a supersonic bomber capable of delivering six tons of bombs and missiles to any place on the globe within two hours. The article continues to discuss various aspects of a "robot military" - the collusion of the military industrial complex, how such a project factors into campaign contributions, and the fact that replacing human soldiers with robots doesn't mean that there won't be human casualties. (Via Cursor.) posted by chris at 4:52 PM   ------------------

    

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