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Israel => Save Israel => Topic started by: Ari Ben-Canaan on December 27, 2009, 04:50:34 AM

Title: Israel Eyes Thinking Machines to Fight ‘Doomsday’ Missile Strikes
Post by: Ari Ben-Canaan on December 27, 2009, 04:50:34 AM

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/01/israel-thinking/

"Israel has been hit in recent years by thousands and thousands of rockets, mortar shells, and missiles.  And that could be just a preview of the onslaught Iran may one day unleash. So Israeli military leaders have begun early planning for a new, robotic defense system, armed with enough artificial intelligence that it "could take over completely" from flesh-and-blood operators.   "It will be designed for… autonomous operations,’ Brig. Gen. Daniel Milo, commander of Israel’s air defense forces, tells Defense News‘ Barbara Opall-Rome.  And in the event of a "doomsday" strike, Opall-Rome notes, the system could handle "attacks that exceed physiological limits of human command.""