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Friday, February 25, 2005
Good Economic News
posted by DGobeo at 10:24 AM |
Don't let negative pessimists tell you how awful Bush's economic policies are. Just look at actual data to find the positive effect they really have...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050225/D88FIJC00.html
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
LSR's in the news
posted by DGobeo at 10:13 AM |
FYI; one of our former LSRs, Lindsey Martin, is quoted in this article regarding the defense of marriage initiative: http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/10901698.htm
Friday, February 04, 2005
Rise of the Machines
posted by Anonymous at 2:02 PM |
[Cross-posted at Southern Appeal]
US Military to send robo-soldiers into combat. Click here for details. Can the global rule of supercomputers be far behind?
For discussion: Is this cheating on the battlefield? Is this the ground war equivalent of a cruise missile (impersonal, remote destruction with zero risk of American lives lost)?
Looks like the story above wants you to register; here are some excerpts instead:SWORDS - Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System - represents a marriage of America's rich technological resources and the needs of the country's soldiers in the field. In practice, it will allow American troops, controlling the Talon robot with a computer, to remain safe and concealed and still kill enemy combatants even at great distance.
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SWORDS has not yet been used in combat in Iraq... so far no commander in Iraq has asked for it to be deployed there.
That is expected to happen, and probably soon, because SWORDS is seen as particularly effective in urban fighting situations and for sentry duty around military compounds. "The urban fight and perimeter security ... are where the presence of the enemy is unknown or the capability of the enemy is unknown," Sebasto said.
The system... could be ready for use in Iraq in 60 days, including training time for operators.
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The robotic platform can handle machine guns, a sniper rifle, an |M-16 rifle, and larger weapons such as grenade and rocket launchers. The system, equipped with five cameras, is controlled through wireless radio by a soldier using a laptop of buttons and joysticks. Depending on the environment, the soldier can be hidden more than 1,000 meters away.
I tend to think this is a great idea that's long overdue.
European Cowardice
posted by DGobeo at 1:41 PM |
This is a great article written by a German CEO criticizing Europe's lack of pursuing fanatic Islamists and praising the efforts of Reagan and Bush.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/dapfner.asp
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