Apr 24 2009Robotic Heli-Sniper Is Sadly No ROFLCopter
The army is testing out a new robotic-helicopter mounted sniper rifle for urban warfare because, well, CONSPIRACY! Are you ready for this? Our government is....are you sitting down? Our government is....ROBOTS! AAAAAHH! Did you hear that? I thought I heard something.
It's called the Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System. It mounts a powerful rifle onto highly stabilized turret, and fixes the package on board a Vigilante unmanned helicopter.The system is intended for the urban battlefield -- an eye in the sky that can stare down concrete canyons, and blink out targets with extreme precision. Attempting to return fire against the ARSS is liable to be a near-suicidal act: ARSS is described as being able to fire seven to 10 aimed shots per minute, and it's unlikely to miss.
Thankfully, the system is not autonomous (yet) and relies on a ground-based pilot with AN XBOX 360-LIKE CONTROLLER to maneuver and fire. Haha, and everyone said all those hours headshotting prepubscent boys in Halo wouldn't get you anywhere! *sniff* I'm just so proud, you little army of one, you!
Army Tests Flying Robo-Sniper [wired]
Thanks to Bo, Lethak, WunderKraut, jk and Todd, who, BOOM, headshot!
Reader Comments
1. nᵑaᵃaᵃsᶳ - April 24, 2009 11:43 AM
nice
2. Dannydaman - April 24, 2009 11:48 AM
FIRST!!!
3. Frank B. - April 24, 2009 11:59 AM
As evil as robots are, you have to admit it. This is freakin awesome.
And I love that all my time spent playing videogames may pay off in at least one future job. Huzzah!
4. DrNecropolis - April 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Flown with an X-box like controller? I go tin the wrong business!
5. catch22 - April 24, 2009 12:03 PM
i liked the one with the auto shotgun attached better
vote on baby naming
"lucas" or "simon"
(this wil lbe the last thread hijack)
6. nᵑaᵃaᵃsᶳ - April 24, 2009 12:05 PM
Whatever you name the kid catch, a custom bib displaying 'it wasn't even a good baby' embroidered on it would be FTMFW
7. LonnieBubonic - April 24, 2009 12:07 PM
This is what warfare should be, keep the soldiers way behind enemy lines and give em little robots to fly into enemy zones. could you imagine flying a remote controlled missle into some fool's jeep?!?! That would be awesome.
8. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 24, 2009 12:14 PM
It's pronounced ARSE. Awethumb! Who names this shit?
9. jazzman - April 24, 2009 12:25 PM
Im not retyping all that.. thanks geekologie filter... basically i said we're doomed!!!
10. Milkman - April 24, 2009 1:13 PM
The only things that should be auto on these things is hover, dodging attacks, going from point A to B...
Computer sniping is scary. I'm glad a human is still in the loop
11. Batman - April 24, 2009 1:17 PM
@7 yeah lets keep humans off the front line, and create terminators. Which than will turn on us all and kill us.
That is why I go with using young little boys to do my dirty work, hey Robin where did you put my keys?
12. Turbo - April 24, 2009 1:35 PM
Its only minutes before the robotic penguins get this sniper attachment. Then, the war begins.
13. Leg3nd - April 24, 2009 1:52 PM
Ghost in the shell?
14. Daisy - April 24, 2009 3:40 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie NEver BAck Down where Max has to blow up a bridge, but loses most of the explosives. He uses what little he has, to take out a dam. The water that the dam lets go of end up taking out the bridge.
15. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 24, 2009 4:43 PM
This is Bad-to-the-Ass.
16. Watch - April 24, 2009 7:47 PM
these need to be destroyed. also one needs to take out daisys pc so he cant post stupid jokes here that are the equivalent of a first! post. its fcuking annoying
17. the black penny - April 24, 2009 9:11 PM
7-10...hmmm plenty upgraid needed,,spanish tank on track cooler,,has RPG...
but this death from above...slow as hell...i would kill the thing after the first min..
hold youth breath to finds out true context of time.
go fly a kite
18. dan - April 24, 2009 9:12 PM
@8 - I thought the same thing, the ARSE or Automatic Rectal Space Economizer.
19. LonnieBubonic - April 25, 2009 1:40 PM
@14 Daisy (to himself) "What should i do today? oh I KNOW i'll get on geekologie and make an ass out of myself by calling everything FAKE and bringing up some shitty movie no one is going to watch. and when i'm done i'll get my fat wife to make fun of the hard workin folks at geekologie as i make love to a yeast filled jellyroll on her lower back. YAY!!