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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 JoeMerchant on Thursday October 14 2021, @06:20PM
Recoil would indeed limit the weapons that such a platform could practically fire (more than once), but not the size nor power of the projectiles fired. Recoil-less weapons can fire some impressively large and destructive shells.
Of course, the unsuspecting public would never know if/when half the fuel cell has been replaced with C4... sure, you can only use it once, but if it can get close enough to a high value target? And if "officer friendly" dogs regularly patrol all the time...
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