Friday, July 13, 2012

Pentagon's Vision Of The Future: Drones Everywhere

Department of Defense

The Pentagon's Vision: Drones Everywhere -- The Atlantic

The most interesting bits from a planning document on the future of unmanned vehicles. Will they one day kill autonomously?

Style trips us up when we read Shakespeare -- it takes a page or three to acclimate. The meaning then gets easier to grok, though nuances are still hard to convey. The Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap, released in 2009 and looking forward to 2034, is like that. How should the U.S. use its drones today? Will we need bigger fleets for future wars? Those questions are quite thoroughly addressed. The Pentagon lays out its varied goals.

The words aren't pleasant; neither is the meter. But the vision? It is something to behold.

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My Comment: Yup .... drones and robots everywhere.

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