Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog:
For years, we've been warning that it was only a matter of time — and now, the inevitable has happened.
Somebody strapped an honest-to-god sniper rifle to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.
An image shared on Twitter by military robot maker Ghost Robotics shows the terrifying contraption in all its dystopian glory.
Latest lethality 6.5 #creedmoor sniper payload from @SWORDINT. Check out the latest partner payloads @AUSAorg Wash DC. Keeping US and allied #sof #warfighter equipped with the latest innovations. @USSOCOM #defense #defence #NationalSecurity #drone #robotics pic.twitter.com/Dvk6OvL3Bu
— Ghost Robotics (@Ghost_Robotics) October 11, 2021
[...] There's a lot we don't know about the machine, but according to an Instagram post by Sword International, a gun manufacturer, the machine is called the SPUR or Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle.
More at the Sword's website [Ed Comment: Link is sometimes giving 404 since this story was released--JR].
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday October 14 2021, @03:49AM (6 children)
That's interesting, the first link is twitter, which I can read even though I'm not a twitter'er. :-)
The second is def broken another 404. Thought submitters were supposed to test their links. :-))
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:22AM (2 children)
》The second is def broken another 404
The publicity-shy doggie put a bullet through the web server.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @06:37AM
All the 404's are just ranging. They are getting a scope on your position. You know what to do. Unfortunately, janrinok does not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @12:25PM
No, it's called Soylentgreening a website.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @04:26AM
I checked Sword International. It just has a link to another picture on Instagram which DOES require a login.
(Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Thursday October 14 2021, @08:03AM
We do check all links at the time that the story is processed but this could be many hours before its release time.
The problem that we have is that sites go down (unfortunately not due to the Soylentil effect), some social media is removed or deleted, and some source news items are retitled if they appear to be doing better than the original source producer expected - hence a 404. They may come back up or they might not.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday October 14 2021, @08:10AM