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Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog

posted by martyb on Thursday October 14 2021, @01:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the Sit!-Stay!-Aim!-Shoot!-Good(?)-doggie! dept.

upstart writes:

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].

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by cmdrklarg on Thursday October 14 2021, @02:50PM (1 child)

    by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 14 2021, @02:50PM (#1186981)

    Perhaps you are psychotic?

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoy mowing down enemies in video games like most, but that's make believe.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @03:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @03:39PM (#1186998)

    Humans enjoy violence, it's just a fact. Nothing psychotic about it, all too much perfectly normal. "Othering" these things is how they keep happening, and why we never learn.