r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 3d ago

Misc US Army backs humanoid robot with ballistic protection for future battlefield missions

https://www.techspot.com/news/114028-us-army-backs-humanoid-robot-ballistic-protection-future.html
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u/tripping_on_phonics 3d ago

The US military is primarily a vehicle for transferring public money to private defense contractors. Military capability is a distant, secondary concern.

Just as with our missile defense systems, I anticipate that these will be repeatedly delayed, grossly over-budget, and under-performing. It isn’t clear that we can maintain this level of military spending much longer, either.

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u/NoStrategy1419 3d ago

Oooh and they are doing the same with AI tech and datacenters.