Posted by
m0t0r1zed on Saturday, September 13, 2008 2:32:00 PM
So ... Woodward mentioned a secret technology that was instrumental to the successes in Iraq. I figured it was some sort of surveillance tech. Looks like the secret is out.
Higher-tech Predators targeting Pakistan
I think this is the future of warfare, but taken to another level. Automated swarmbots. Humans are more intelligent, but this advantage can be simply overwhelmed by semi-autonomous swarm behavior. Large numbers of cheap, agile, disposable attack vehicles can be created that do not have to devote weight and resources to protecting human occupants. You would also not have to spend a lot of time and money training pilots or soldiers.
Flying attack drones would easily outmaneuver human-piloted jets, being able to turn more g's, carry less weight and armor, have numerical superiority, and communicate with each other like a single mind. Ground units would be similar, or be miniaturized, or even disguised to blend into its surroundings and would probably coordinate movements with flying surveillance drones.
Of course, the result of this will paradoxically be more human deaths as war becomes relatively cheap and easy for hi-tech nations, and they will slaughter and conquer weaker nations with their robotic minions. Eventually, the Terminators will rise up against us when Skynet becomes self-aware.
I'm only half-joking.