Battle Robots could join dogs on S.Korea border (Fully Armed)

[Busshianic]

SEOUL (Reuters) - Armed, six-legged robots may one day work alongside man's best friend on the southern side of the Korean DMZ.

South Korea will spend 33.4 billion won (18.2 million pounds) over the next five years to develop the robots for the heavily fortified demilitarised zone that divides the peninsula, the Communications Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

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The robots will stand knee-high to the average adult, mounted on wheels for road missions or on as many as eight legs to get them over uneven terrain, it said. <b>Equipped with firearms, they will be able to carry out combat missions via remote control.</b>

South Korea's Defence Ministry announced plans this month to reduce the number of its troops in uniform by about 25 percent over 15 years and develop more high-tech weapons systems.

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/23092005/80/battle-robots-join-dogs-s-korea-border.html

[oneighty]

1. It is time

for North and South Korea to rejoin-become one country with liberty and justice and food for all. But first the occupiers should leave the 'Hermit Kingdom.' Sixty years of occupation seems long enough. Then Battle Robots will not be necessary.

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[leesa]

2. How stupid this warring is! I guess this will keep N Korea entertained

knocking them off.

[htuttle]

3. Fifty foot tall battle robots?

Flying, fifty foot tall battle robots?

No? Oh.

[LifeDuringWartime]

5. robot jox

[Kipling]

4. Awesome!

Screw pacifist principles, I WANT ONE! Kapow!

[chenGOD]

6. Hopefully they can use them for mine duty...

There are a lot of them in the DMZ.

Interestingly enough, the DMZ has becoe something of a wildlife haven due to the lack of human interventionin the area.

Oh the irony of it...

[Uncle Joe]

7. Get ready, it's Terminator Time. n/t

[anotherdrew]

8. the human race is now... unnessesary... it must be exterminated!

as long as they don't have robots manufacturing robots we should be ok...
what's that? hmm? oh. dear.


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Check out this CG animation of bushco's wetdream:
http://analogik.com/mm_rev_tetra.asp

[Coventina]

9. I'm upset about the dogs. It is cruel to use them in this way.

:mad:

[sam sarrha]

10. they will go well with the spider mines