ShadowDragon8685
Oct 11 2007, 10:05 PM
http://www.tonyrogers.com/news/swords_robots.htmHow long will it take them to go from teleoperating one drone to teleoperating two, or four? Or ten?
Fix-it
Oct 12 2007, 12:40 AM
QUOTE |
Defense Review Magazine March 16, 2006 |
old news.
that being said, I'd like to see the after-action report. my feeling is that these robots are nowhere near mobile nor robust enough for urban combat.
ShadowDragon8685
Oct 12 2007, 06:03 AM
Whoops. Am I eggy.
I shall now commit hari-kari... On the person who gave me that link insinuating it was new news.
Otherwise known as murder.
In any event, an after-action of that thing in action would be good. Sadly, they look like a good rifle round could put it seriously out of action. A grenade or an IED would just wipe it out, and there goes a quarter of a million dollar piece of hardware.
Still, sometimes that beats the alternative. In any event, it's a step, an important step.
Fix-it
Oct 12 2007, 03:48 PM
the whole idea of ground-based combat drones is rather ridiculous, given current tech.
roto-drones with assault rifles would be far better, at least then you have the speed, manueverability, and lack of navigational problems taken care of.
the only issue is flying time.