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Turkey aims to produce unmanned tanks: Erdoğan
Turkey is targeting the production of unmanned tanks for its armed forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated. "We will carry it a step further [after domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicles] ... We should reach the ability to produce unmanned tanks as well. We will do it," Erdoğan said at a meeting held at the presidential complex in Ankara on Feb. 21.
Five Turkish soldiers were recently killed in a tank near the Sheikh Haruz area of Syria's Afrin district, where Turkey has been carrying on a military operation against the People's Protection Units (YPG) since Jan. 20.
[...] The Turkish president has repeatedly criticized certain foreign countries for allegedly being reluctant to sell unmanned aerial vehicles, armed or unarmed, stressing that unmanned systems could decrease casualties.
Also at ABC.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday February 22 2018, @07:19PM (2 children)
Because that worked out so well for the people in the Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon".
Plus, given that we'd now be deciding geopolitical situations based on effectively RTS games, I'd think the South Koreans would proceed to swiftly conquer the planet!
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:02PM
I was thinking more of a liquid war thing anyway.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @12:11AM
Are you kidding me??? Pay rednecks a lot of money to blow shit up and they will master the fuck out of that shit.