U.S. Army Wants To Replace 25 Percent Of Its Soldiers With Robots

An Army Of Robots: U.S. General Says That Wave Is On The Way -- Washington Times

The U.S. Army is rapidly moving toward development of a more agile and quicker deploying force – and that includes the replacement of up to 1,000 infantry soldiers with robots and other unmanned technological devices, said Gen. Robert Cone, at a recent military symposium in Virginia.

Defense News reported that Gen. Cone, head of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, said, “I’ve got clear guidance to think about what if you could robotically perform some of the tasks in terms of maneuverability, in terms of the future of the force.”

He also said at the Army Aviation Symposium in Arlington that he also has “clear guidance to rethink” the traditional size of the infantry squad, currently at nine.

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