World's First Hunter-Killer Robotic Attack Squadron Headed For Afghanistan, Iraq

"Soon," at least. Maybe by the fall. I can't think of nicer guys to unleash the Cylons on.

The robotic fighter's name? The Reaper.

Number of ejaculations: I'll let you know after I get a ladder and count 'em up on the ceiling

Posted by: Ace at 07:50 PM

Comments

1 We are living in a scifi novel.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2007 08:02 PM (FWrFx)

Talk about your protein shakes. You can put off painting the ceiling now Ace.

Posted by: cranky at July 15, 2007 08:05 PM (Xj2Ev)

3 Do they fold up to look like cars?

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2007 08:06 PM (FWrFx)

4 ...And They Have A Plan...

Posted by: Kevin at July 15, 2007 08:38 PM (/iDvE)

Shoulda called them Reavers.

But Reaper is okay.

And, of course, just one step closer to SkyNet. And the killer robots from the future. But you knew that.

Posted by: blaster at July 15, 2007 08:42 PM (7Q1rc)

Support the cyborgs by bringing them home now!

No lubricating oil for oil!

Posted by: genghis at July 15, 2007 08:46 PM (HwY1l)

Reaver,

Whaddya mean "one step closer to skynet?" What exactly do you think Dick Cheney is?

Posted by: genghis at July 15, 2007 08:51 PM (HwY1l)

8 Dammit, that's not a "robot", it's just another remote-controlled gizmo, reigning death and destruction on jihadi lunatics half a world away.

Posted by: Carl in N.H. at July 15, 2007 08:52 PM (uTYho)

Well, not really an AI system since it's a man-in-the-loop weapon. It's really more like an armed RC airplane, which is still cool. A far cry from something like a BOLO but a good start.

Posted by: BattleofthePyramids at July 15, 2007 08:53 PM (cG4mn)

10 "...just one step closer to SkyNet. And the killer robots from the future."

It already happened. We are now merely living in a Sky Net time machine induced return to the past in order to kill the rebel leader as a boy. Go on, Google it...

Posted by: dri at July 15, 2007 08:53 PM (koO9y)

11 WTF Ace?

Reading your post I thought we were getting The Terminator in Iraq and Afghanistan but looking at the article it looks like we're getting half assed Stealth.
And we all know how bad that one sucked. Talk about disappointment. Sheesh

Posted by: burnitup at July 15, 2007 08:56 PM (Pu0kg)

12 Needs cowbell, Ace.

Posted by: blooch at July 15, 2007 09:10 PM (2zSGt)

13 You will leave in peace.

Posted by: Gort at July 15, 2007 09:15 PM (FWrFx)

14 Cylons, They were created by man to make life easier on the colonies. Then came the day when the cylons decided to kill their masters...

Posted by: Moby at July 15, 2007 09:25 PM (UcOa2)

15 Do you love me, Gaius?

Posted by: Number Six at July 15, 2007 09:32 PM (FWrFx)

16 Gort, klaatu barrata nicto.

Posted by: MOMinuteman at July 15, 2007 09:32 PM (ECjQg)

Heh, Dick Cheney.

And dri, I googled it. Crikey!

Posted by: blaster at July 15, 2007 09:34 PM (7Q1rc)

18 That's hot!

Posted by: Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 at July 15, 2007 09:40 PM (FWrFx)

19 Here's an image gallery of the awesome thing.

Posted by: Bugler at July 15, 2007 09:42 PM (YCVBL)

20 Ok, ok. Just one more tank. Please? Ah, c'mon. We came all this way and I get to zap only one lousy tank. Whatever.

Posted by: Gort at July 15, 2007 09:44 PM (FWrFx)

21 Klaatu Barada Nikto, Gort! Now, go to your room!

Posted by: kev at July 15, 2007 09:54 PM (hvrdX)

22 I hope it plays Don't Fear the Reaper while blowing the jihadists to hell.

Posted by: Stormy70 at July 15, 2007 09:58 PM (Y+o71)

23 Hell yes, Number Six

Posted by: Gaius Baltar at July 15, 2007 10:03 PM (UcOa2)

24 When do they start painting shark teeth on them? Those suckers need nose art.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 15, 2007 10:12 PM (I5SzJ)

25 I just hope they remind the pilots to feed their kids once in a while between games, er, missions... And thank God no one at the Pentagon plays Warhammer 40,000.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 15, 2007 10:25 PM (miNFU)

Last month there was electronic chatter from al Qaeda and the Taliban concerning their failed Afghanistan offensive. They seemed to believe that the US had a new weapon, or had penetrated their organizations, or both. It's possible that Reaper prototypes have already been deployed.

In Iraq, combination Predator-Reaper squadrons should make excellent border patrols for interdicting shipments and personnel from Syria and Iran.

Posted by: lyle at July 15, 2007 10:27 PM (QIv0X)

27 PLEASE tell me they look like Roy Batty.

Posted by: bbeck at July 15, 2007 10:44 PM (qF8q3)

28 I just saw a Discovery Channel demo of that sucker, and it was AWESOME. Could carry any man-portable weapon, including .30-caliber MG, grenade launcher or even a sniper rifle with adjustable video zoom capable of seeing which position the "fire/safe" switch on the target's weapon is in. 360 degree tilt/zoom camera with light magnification capability for night vision, capable of moving over rough terrain at "the speed of a running soldier". "Number Five is alive!"

Posted by: Drumwaster at July 15, 2007 11:46 PM (JxTHJ)

29 Sorry, I was thinking of something they are calling "SWORDS", being tested at Picatinny Arsenal, in New Jersey.

Maybe I should have checked the link first, huh? ;-)

Posted by: Drumwaster at July 16, 2007 12:20 AM (JxTHJ)

DROP YOUR WEAPON

YOU HAVE FIFTEEN SECONDS TO COMPLY

Posted by: Secundus at July 16, 2007 12:41 AM (upfsQ)

31 #20 that was pretty damn funny.

Posted by: sherlock at July 16, 2007 12:50 AM (ojW85)

"When do they start painting shark teeth on them? Those suckers need nose art."

Look carefully, and you will see that one of them Reapers has a Roomba painted on the nose, in an slightly inverted position so you can almost see its sweet little rotary brushes. They know what they're fighting for!

Posted by: sherlock at July 16, 2007 01:04 AM (ojW85)

33 It needs a GAU-8 to be really scary though.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at July 16, 2007 01:09 AM (8uYIc)

So?

Where's my goddamed phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?

Huh?

In all seriousness, do we have a backup for, say, jamming or EMP on these babies? 'Cause if we give them autonomy in those situations, well, they are officially cool.

Posted by: nudge, nudge at July 16, 2007 01:38 AM (30Kn2)

Where's kb? He must be absolutely shitting himself over this thing.

Posted by: My Fat Ass at July 16, 2007 07:23 AM (f2LbX)

36 PA-- I think a GAU-8 on a UAV counts as "reverse"...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 16, 2007 10:20 AM (lCheg)

37 nice, but not the terminator bot we were expecting to see.

Posted by: billhedrick at July 16, 2007 10:32 AM (OWcCI)

I don't get why they have to pilot them 7,000 miles away- that means using satellite and tremendous latency; they'll be lucky to get under 800ms round trip.

They go up against someone with a 50ms ping, they're totally going to get pwn3d.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 16, 2007 11:35 AM (rf03a)

39 Are these things covered under Posse Comitatus?

Posted by: Oldsmoblogger at July 16, 2007 11:36 AM (arEOF)

40 Can SkyNet be far behind?

Posted by: doc at July 16, 2007 11:44 AM (UUeeP)

41 Caesar's might not fear the Reaper, but I bet jihadis will.

Posted by: Veeshir at July 16, 2007 12:21 PM (ThMnZ)

42 Hey, nudge, nudge. Here ya go buddy. It's not as cool as you might think.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 16, 2007 01:24 PM (jvG2F)

43 Where's my goddamed phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?

Naaa. The Robo-sentries from Aliens. Especially since they pretty much already exist.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 16, 2007 02:17 PM (tVbxd)

44 That would be from the extended director's cut of Aliens...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 16, 2007 02:19 PM (tVbxd)

I think we should make a few weapons mods on this and lose the singing.

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/15/video-killer-robot-has-hidden-depths/

For vocal, something in Arabic that says I'm going to kill every one with a weapon and bury them in a pig slaughter house.

Or something like that.

Papa Ray

Posted by: Papa Ray at July 16, 2007 02:39 PM (KYECy)

46 Where's kb? He must be absolutely shitting himself over this thing.

He's afraid to come out of the basement.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 16, 2007 03:17 PM (bYCy8)

47 Kind of wondering where old kb is myself. Figured he'd be around by now to weave "Chomsky", "circle-jerk", "WMD", "chickenhawk", "international law", etc. into something preeningly stupid.

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