'Robot soldiers' bound for Iraq
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The US military plans to deploy robots armed with machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq.
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Pressure is rising to establish an Iraqi military capable of securing the country by January elections.
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Flying wastebin wardroids a taste of things to come? Monster Pentagon contractors Boeing and SAIC jointly announced today that two of their latest offerings for the future robot armies of America have entered military testing early. The machines in question are a relatively dull lightweight groundcrawler job and a frankly splendid ducted-fan flying Dalek.â¦
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Startup that enables users to broadcast live video over the Internet has sent Web cams to the families of service members so soldiers in Iraq are a little closer to home for the holidays.
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The plan was simple: Iraqi troops would block escape routes while U.S. soldiers searched for weapons house-by-house. But the Iraqi troops didn't show up on time.
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After nearly seven months rigging convoys for runs through the desert around this remote base in western Iraq, Lance Cpl. Bobby Elsworth was hoping that returning to his home camp in southern Japan would mean an easier life.
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The Israeli military is planning to mobilise thousands of reserve soldiers to help implement next year&#39;s planned exit from the Gaza Strip, according to defence officials.
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A former member of the Black Watch believes the regiment is ready for its move to a more hostile area of Iraq. On Wednesday, more than 800 soldiers from the battalion began moving out of Basra towards an area south of Baghdad.
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Hassan al-Jarrah in Najaf, Nadeem Majeed in Baghdad and Tribune news services contributed to this report. BAGHDAD -- In a move intended to free US forces for an expected
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Basra, Iraq -- The British military says its troops have begun heading north to Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq. Large flatbed trucks can be seen carrying armored British vehicles up a road through Iraq&#39;s southern desert.
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The newest program for training Iraqi security forces, embedding 11- to 15-member U.S. transition teams in Iraqi battalions, represents a "high-risk assignment" for the American officers and men involved, according to top military training officials.
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Soldiers with the Idaho National Guard 116th Brigade Combat Team are in Kuwait, preparing to head to Iraq. Lt. Col. Gordon Petrie says some members of the team will get there by plane and others will go by convoy.
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Blog: It's a stun gun on a robot. The military wants them, and probably so do a lot of 13-year-old boys.
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IRobot readies a prototype remote-controlled robot designed to help in military or police efforts.
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Before they leave for Iraq, thousands of troops with the 101st Airborne Division line up at laptop computers to take a test: basic math, matching numbers and symbols, and identifying patterns. They press a button quickly to measure response time.
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Rise of the machines The recent surge in use of remotely-controlled robot aircraft by US forces for the Wars on Stuff has meant that substantial numbers of American pilots are now being pulled off normal flight status and assigned to drone-driving duty, according to reports.â¦
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Australian Army Captain Piero Bertocchi takes Iraqi soldiers on a training run in northern Iraq. Captain Bertocchi is one of 38 Australians who are training recruits in the new Iraqi army.