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Robots in Combat: A True Revolution or Just Techno-Hype?
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Robots in Combat: A True Revolution or Just Techno-Hype?
6/8/2010
By Sandra I. Erwin

The U.S. military’s unmanned aircraft and ground robots have been ballyhooed as symbols of a fundamental shift in warfare, a revolution in military technology, the possibility of casualty-free wars.
Not everyone buys the hype.
The military’s love affair with robots, instead, should be seen as symptom of deeper changes in the way the U.S. military fights wars, said Fred Kaplan, a Slate magazine columnist who specializes in foreign policy and national security.

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2010/6/8/robots-in-combat-a-true-revolution-or-just-technohype