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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 02:06 PM
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US Military commissions Cheetah and Humanoid robots, along with the Big Dog
robots already in field use with the Marine Corps...Link to story, pics and video:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20037213-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

If they were already in service, I bet they wouldb used for "crowd control" in the US to keep the politicians safe from the citizens...


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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 02:48 PM
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1. Is that what you'd bet? Not me.
I'll be dead long before this stuff is "in service." It's just expensive toys for the military to play with.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 04:20 PM
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3. More likely: expensive contracts to spend budget money on with little to show for
:shrug:
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 07:55 PM
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4. That, too.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 04:19 PM
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2. Big Dog Robot? You mean they have a robot of President Clinton?
:eyes:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 09:00 PM
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6. It simulates feeling your pain.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 08:09 PM
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5. THey already have hummingbird drones.
Edited on Mon Feb-28-11 08:10 PM by walldude
Saw that today. Wonder how many people could have been fed with the money spent on that useless piece of shit.

http://www.governmentvideo.com/article/103456
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 09:15 PM
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7. TWO BILLION dollars a day will feed, clothe and house a lot of
people. Can you just imagine how wonderful Merika would be if 80% of that money was spent on good things in this country, rather than on the war machine?
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