Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Emerging Technologies Will Make It Easier For The U.S. Military To Kill You

Global Strike. Photo: Air Force

7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You -- Danger Room

Robotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president's behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale. The White House already has an incredible amount of power to monitor and take out individuals around the globe. But a new wave of technologies, just coming online, could give those powers a substantial upgrade. No matter who wins the election on Tuesday, the next president could have an unprecedented ability to monitor and end lives from the Oval Office.

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My Comment: We have already covered all of these new weapon systems in this blog. But (in my opinion) it is the ability to spot and track targets that will be a game changer on the battlefield. Couple this with precision weapons that can be launched quickly and with deadly results .... there will not be too many places for the enemy to hide.

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