{"id":73171,"date":"2021-10-14T06:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=73171"},"modified":"2021-10-14T06:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:52:20","slug":"73171","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=73171","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/sniper-rifle-robot-dog\">Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp-assets.futurism.com%2F2021%2F10%2Fsniper-rifle-robot-dog.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Ghost Robotics\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For years, we\u2019ve been\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-futurism hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/company-mounts-paintball-gun-robot-dog\">warning<\/a>\u00a0that it\u00a0was only a matter of time \u2014 and now, the inevitable has happened.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody strapped an honest-to-god sniper rifle to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-futurism hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ghost_Robotics\/status\/1447699250570203137\">image<\/a>\u00a0shared on Twitter by military robot maker Ghost Robotics shows the terrifying contraption in all its dystopian glory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping our [special ops] teams armed with the latest lethality innovation,\u201d the caption reads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:flex space-y-2 flex-col items-center tracking-wider text-gray-500 uppercase font-hn text-1\">\n<div class=\"pb-2 text-center\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\">\n<div class=\"htlad-DSK_InLine_Article_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1447699250570203137&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ffuturism.com%2Fsniper-rifle-robot-dog&amp;sessionId=ac439b9cca94ad3bd60e927f9c57d0ec76910cc3&amp;siteScreenName=futurism&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1447699250570203137\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a nightmare come to life, a death machine designed to kill with precision on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is sad,\u201d one Twitter user\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-futurism hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drocka77\/status\/1447791823716499458\">commented<\/a>. \u201cIn what world is this a good idea? I bet police is salivating at the chance to use these.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot we don\u2019t know about the machine, but according to an\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-futurism hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CU6th_qL7up\/\">Instagram post<\/a> by Sword International, a gun manufacturer, the machine is called the SPUR or Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [SPUR] was specifically designed to offer precision fire from unmanned platforms such as the Ghost Robotics Vision-60 quadruped,\u201d reads\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-futurism hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/sworddefense.com\/spur\/\">Sword\u2019s website<\/a>. \u201cDue to its highly capable sensors the SPUR can operate in a magnitude of conditions, both day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know what level of autonomy the robot has or if it was designed to be fully remotely operated. We also don\u2019t know who the machine was developed for.<\/p>\n<p>The four-legged robot is lugging a sniper capable of shooting 6.5 millimeter Creedmoor cartridges, a rifle ammunition, which was developed with long-range target shooting in mind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a troubling new development. Any new robot built with the intent to kill should have us worried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog For years, we\u2019ve been\u00a0warning\u00a0that it\u00a0was only a matter of time \u2014 and now, the inevitable has happened. Somebody strapped an honest-to-god sniper rifle to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog. 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