Is the day approaching when the U.S. military can deploy a robot that can drive itself around a corner, use senors to detect an enemy fighter on-the-move and destroy the target instantly with missiles and machine guns — all without human intervention? The Pentagon thinks the day may be imminent and it wants to make ensure that its technology doesn't get ahead of military doctrine. It wants to be certain that there is always a "human" making decisions regarding the use of lethal force. (source: time.com)
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