Smart Weapons for the 21st Century

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Continuing on the topic of future military technology here is a CNN video report about the future of smart infantry weapon-systems. In the video below Col. Doug Tamilio takes CNN to the testing grounds for a first look at the Army’s newest infantry weapon.

Can we foresee the impact of such “smart weapons”? (by “smart” what we really mean to say is that they are more “deadly” because for example they possess “fire-and-forget” type of capabilities).

Can we prevent them from falling into the “wrong” hands? (Of course, the “wrong” hands are any hands other than those of “our” soldiers.)

Will those smart weapons decrease the loss of innocent life (i.e. civilians, women and children) or will they increase it?

What happens when we pair the above “smart weapons” with the “smart machines” from the Dawn of the Kill-Bots blog series?

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