Not only, but also robots: the US army upgrades its devices, especially its networking capabilities in combat situations. The National Journal shows that common wars will resemble Science Fiction phantasies. The question remains, whether automated fight systems will increase or decrease the possibility of war: on one side, less soldiers will get killed; then again, it will be easier to start an armed conflict, because of that reason. How an automated system will tell the enemy from a civilian is a differerent story.
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