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China has carried out staged ground invasions using ‘robot wolves’ amid fears it’s preparing to invade Taiwan.
In scenes harking back to 2017 Black Mirror episode, Metal Head, footage aired on state television showed the brand new warefare tactic getting used on a beach.
The four-legged devices are being developed for front-line attacks in an effort to scale back combat casualties, the People’s Liberation Army said.
Recent footage aired on state television showed the so-called ‘robot wolves’ getting used in a practice drone-led assault on a beach.
The four-legged devices are being developed with the aim of replacing front-line human soldiers to scale back combat casualties.
They’re designed to clear barbed wire and tackle other battlefield obstacles with ease, giving the PLA a tool that will be deployed very like the drone swarms, which at the moment are widely utilized in the war in Ukraine to overwhelm enemy air defences.
The robots each weigh around 70kg are able to firing accurately, in accordance with state-linked media report.
It’s believed they will hit targets at a distance of as much as 100 metres.
Footage of the staged invasion also appeared to indicate a bunch of FPV kamikaze drones getting used alongside the ‘wolves’.
The ‘robot wolves’ are best fitted to ‘urban reconnaissance, breaching, or distant weapons but are limited by battery life, vulnerable communications, and small payloads,’ in accordance with Lt Col Jahara ‘Franky’ Matisek, a US Air Force command pilot and command centre director on the US Northern Command, who spoke to The Independent last month.
The robots bear a striking resemblance to those utilized in the Black Mirror episode, Metal Head, which sees a girl played by actor Maxine Peak, relentlessly chased by a killer four-legged robot.
The story is about in a post-apocalyptic world and the robot is capable of operate a automotive and recharge within the sun, amongst other tricks that make it particularly lethal.
The recent staged invasion in China comes amid rising fears its government is preparing to invade the island nation of Taiwan, with Beijing appearing increasingly aggressive towards its neighbour lately.
Earlier this 12 months it sent dozens of aircraft and naval vessels to surround Taiwan during extensive military manoeuvres.
Meanwhile satellite images show what seem like Chinese ‘invasion barges’, massive platforms that hook up with create a mobile pier that might allow soldiers and vehicles to access Taiwan’s shores.
The Chinese government views Taiwan as a part of its territory, despite the island having its own democratic government and operating independently for a long time.
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, meanwhile, has sought ties with the US, within the hope the country’s international power can keep Beijing at bay.
Some analysts suggest that on account of the US connection, and China’s reliance on its export economy with the west, Beijing is unlikely to launch a full-scale invasion and can go for less direct measures to place pressure on Taiwan.
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