Behold your doom
MQ-6 Reaper Hunter-Killer
Thanks to Matt Williamson for the head’s up on this.
According to The Register, DARPA, as part of a long-standing plan to usher in humanity’s destruction to make way for our robot overlords, is at it again. Having seen The Terminator just a few too many times, they are working hard to make indestructible cybernetic warriors. Their Future Combat System already includes flying Hunter-Killers, of course, including the MQ-6 Reaper seen here. Note that in their fact sheet, they openly call the Reaper a “persistent hunter-killer.” What could be more terrifying?
How about if that same Hunter-Killer could instantly recover from damage inflicted upon it? Say you blast it with a machine gun and blow large chunks of it apart. They’re working on having these metal beasts be able to re-route power and control functions around missing or damaged pieces and continue with their missions. And we all know what those missions will be: stamping out our fleshy resistance.
DARPA: Enabling the downfall of humanity since 1958.
Originally published at The Last Exit to Babylon. Please leave any comments there.