Governments, here the US, are producing robots that could go anywhere in the world and destroy people, life, buildings...

http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/14/robots-war-military-technology-personal-tech-robots.html?partner=technology_newsletter

In theory any country, and anyone (think the bad guys in James Bond movies or the mafia, drug gangs, extremist groups ?) could have robots which they can control from their own home anywhere in the world. They could be sitting at home and destroy all life in other place even on the other side of the world. ... a real life computer Wargame, just parachute drop wherever required.. or evn design them to fly there themselves.. eeek ( must cut down my imagination!!!)

So we can have unidentified robots invading anywhere. The robots could be all identical.. no identity giveaways as to who is controlling them? no torture is going to reveal who controls them.
The ultimate stealth weapon which could be used by any military or faction or extremist or fundamentalist group or even any person who has gone "around the twist" to "control"/ "destroy"/ "payback" with NO identity giveaway?

In theory there's the possibility of using these robots to destroy all carbon life within miles(neutron bombs?). It wouldn't hurt the robots at all! Other robots could be used for germwarfare to spread chemicals or disease perhaps a little less easily? Others can merely destroy in the more conventional fashion either by firing at targets or becoming "suicide robots" carrying many kinds of bombs?
How easily can a "invaded" country stop these robots?

Is this what we really want our govts to spend our taxes on. Is it a "safe" direction to be following?

OR has my imagination run a tad wild in uses for these unidentifiable robots?
Consider the difficulties in policing these things! OK every country would have to have a complete ban on them, right? So what will they ban.. all robots? I guess to police them it'd be destroy ASAP?.. then try to ask questions later.. but who to question?

I sure hope it doesn't happen!!! Then again, to an extent the are being used already by the US to help Iraq?? I wonder how the Iraq people feel about them. Maybe there are not enough compared to the tanks etc. to be concerned about as yet?

A++ for technology development with no thought for consequences!!

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