Russia Is Developing Terminator Tanks With Guns
Russian Defense Ministry/Terminator 3 |
“Why would we attack the Russians? Aren’t they our friends now?”
John Connor’s line is particularly amusing now that Russia is basically creating the T-1, an unmanned tank armed with machine guns and set to guard the country’s missile installations.
The robots, which weigh 900 kilograms and wield a 12.7 mm machine gun, first underwent testing last April. They boast a speed of up to 45 kilometers per hour, can function for up to 10 hours at a time and remain operational in standby mode for up to one week, Vesti.ru reported at the time.
Thus far they are still remotely controlled by humans. But if they start to talk in Austrian accents, watch out…