US Sends SWORDS to Battle

New Robot soldiers could help minimize casualties in future war, says Spacewar:

The US is also planning to send robot soldiers -- called the Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems (SWORDS) into the field in Iraq, said John Parmentola, director for research and laboratory management for the US Army.
The robots are fully armed, and when the human operator verifies that a suitable target is within sight, it fires from its powerful guns.

The future is about Urban Warfare:

While the advice of the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu against attacking cities was true in his time, it has become unavoidable in modern warfare, Metz said.
"We will fight in urban terrain and we've got to learn how to do that, and we have to in Iraq," said Metz, who is currently the commanding officer of the US Army's III Corps at Fort Hood

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