Military Robotics : A glimpse of how the Wars will be founght in the near future

Everyday when you wake up you hear about reports of violence, clashes and deaths from wars. In all these, you also ofter hear a mention of use of sophisticated weapons as well as new machines. On the February 2009 in a TED conference in Long Beach, California there was a powerful talk by P.W. Singer who showed how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of human combat.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Nicholas Bender launches a Raven surveillance drone from Marine base perimeter on March 21, 2009 near the remote village of Baqwa, Afghanistan. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment use the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to get real time intelligence on Taliban movements. The Marines are operating in Farah Province of southwest Afghanistan and are seeing a spike in Taliban attacks against American forces with the onset of the spring "fighting season." (John Moore/Getty Images)

It is a constant revolution. Day in and day out human beings have never stopped thinking, creating and inventing new things. Such is the world in which we happen to live in. Live it or leave it.

Watch this 16m:06s video clip and contemplate on the future.

Source : TED website.

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