Saturday, January 11, 2014

Is The Pentagon About To Become Google's Number One Customer?

Image: The Pentagon on Google Earth

Google’s Robots And Creeping Militarization -- Daily Caller

Google CEO Larry Page has rapidly positioned Google to become an indispensable U.S. military contractor.

Google recently purchased Boston Dynamics, a robotics pioneer that produces amazing humanoid robots for the U.S. Defense Department.

This development invites attention to Google’s broader military contracting ambitions — especially since Boston Dynamics is the eighth robotics company that Google has bought in the last six months.

ust like drones are the future of air warfare, humanoid robots and self-driving vehicles will be the future of ground warfare according to U.S. defense plans.

There are many other reasons why the U.S. military is on path to become Google’s single largest customer. Likewise these reasons indicate Google has a closer working relationship with the NSA than it acknowledges publicly.

Read more ....

My Comment: If the NSA regards Google as an indispensable source of intelligence .... why not the Pentagon itself.

1 comment:

Intelligence.Architecture.Infrastructure said...

From inception Google's original funding and board were the funders, senior executives, and board of U.S. Defense Contractors. Google was never really a civilian establishment and has always had deep roots into the cesspool of defense.

That also means Google is a LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET.

BOOM!