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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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 15 2021, @12:00AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 15 2021, @12:00AM (#1187160) Journal

    can we then expect to see them roaming the Detroit streets RoboCop style "for the common good?"

    Yes, we can expect to see that. Especially if you do nothing. Edmund Burke may or may not have said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”, but it is pretty true. We already see the police departments deploying "surplus" military gear, all around the nation. And, few people object. You can bet everything you've got that the police will want this too. Especially if the Department of Defense will foot the bill for them.

    Write your representatives, and demand that they outlaw police use of military tech that civilians don't have access to. Keep writing to them, and recruit a few dozen friends to do the same.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday October 15 2021, @02:13AM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday October 15 2021, @02:13AM (#1187192)

    We already see the police departments deploying "surplus" military gear, all around the nation. And, few people object.

    Around here they mostly use that gear to serve "no knock" warrants on drug dealers. Something about "only using it on really bad people" seems to get the majority of the locals cheering for it instead of telling them to stop. The delusion that "that would never happen to me, I'm not 'one of those' people" is strong in these parts. Kind of like Rush Limbaugh ragging on drug addicts.

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