Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Russia Shows Off Their Military Bots

Мobile security robot Taifun-M. © OAO "Izhevskiy radiozavod"

Russia Shows Off World-Leading Security Bots for Missile Bases -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) – The new Russian mobile security robot Taifun-M, designed to provide security at strategic missile facilities, has been shown on the Russian Vesti news program.

The combat robots, which have no foreign analogue, will be used to secure Yars and Topol-M missile sites and can be operated remotely by a secure wireless connection and in the future with an autonomous artificial intelligence system, the program reported Monday.

A spokesman for the Defense Ministry said last month several of the robots, which feature laser-targeting and a cannon, will be deployed at five sites by the end of the year, part of an upgrade of existing automated security systems.

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My Comment: We are definitely at the dawn of a new age.

2 comments:

James said...

"can be operated remotely by a secure wireless connection"
These people never learn, nothing is truly secure ever.

War News Updates Editor said...

That is true James