Are robots a part of future warfare? Very likely, according to the US Department of Defence which plans by 2015 to have one-third of its fighting strength composed of robots, and by 2035, to have the first completely autonomous robot soldiers to stride on to the battlefield.
This transformation is all part of a $127-billion technology project known as Future Combat Systems (FCS), one of the largest technology projects in US history.
However, the FCS Project is not limited to the use of robots in warfare.
Increasing the trend towards militarizing Cyberspace, the plans also include the creation of a hugely complex, distributed mobile computer network on to a battlefield with huge numbers of drones supplying nodes and communication points in an environment under continual attack.
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