All too often, when a new and formidable weapon technology emerges, the US military sees the capability as a panacea to defeat an enemy. Suddenly, the technology using robots takes center stage for research and development and rapid deployment at the expense of tested, tried, and successful armaments. It’s a lot like three-year-old soccer players all converging on the ball wherever it goes on the soccer field. Whether it’s hypersonic missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, or artificial intelligence-guided naval vessels, the Defense Department’s research, development, and procurement will focus on that advanced capability, often to the exclusion of systems less sexy, but still effective.
There Are Consequences to Robots on the Battlefield
Liberty Nation brought this phenomenon to its readers’ attention in the article “Drones – Is the DOD Just Chasing the Next Shiny Thing?”…
