The small machines bristle with antennas and sometimes weapons. Video demonstration shows that the little robots can be fitted with sensor masts, too. (Hossein Zohrevan / Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces)
C4ISRNet: Beetle-like Iranian robots can roll under tanks
On screen, the small robot slides perfectly underneath the textureless tank. It is a modern iteration of an old promise in remote warfare, rendered with all the processing power of a desktop PC from 1994. Can a small, cheap robot prove useful against the vehicles of an enemy at war?
A recent exhibition of unmanned ground vehicles by Iran suggests that the possibility, if not the reality, is already in development.
Designed by the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the Iranian Army, the Heidair-1 is almost certainly bound for life as an expendable battlefield platform.
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Update: Iran Unveils New Tank-Killing Ground Drones (Popular Mechanics)
WNU Editor: This is the future of warfare and one that the Iranians have embraced.
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Maybe Prime Minister Ho will sell the Iranians some cutting edge Goliath tracked mines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
Eventually it will come down to AI in all countries launching "electronic attacks" on each other, which if successful, as in getting by the defensive mechanisms and effectively "destroying" the target, will require, by mutual agreement, that the targeted country execute all of its people who were present in the "electric attack" area. You know to eliminate the real damage to physical property and the nastiness of blood, guts and body parts to clean up. It will be a much more humane way to wage wars.
And Huntley proves that it is a troll.
Real name probably is not Huntley. The real Huntley is probably drooling on himself in an senior care facility and some troll is misusing his good name.
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