U.S. Army Arming Robots With Javelin Missiles

Titan with Protector Javelin - file photo. (QinetiQ) 

FOX News/Warrior Maven: Army fires tank-killing robots armed with Javelin missiles 

The fast-evolving concept is to optimize state-of-the-art networking 

The U.S. Army will soon operate robots able to destroy enemy armored vehicles with anti-tank missiles, surveil warzones under heavy enemy fire and beam back identified targeting details in seconds due to rapid progress with several new armed robot programs. 

Several of the new platforms now operate with a Kongsberg-built first-of-its-kind wireless fire control architecture for a robotic armored turret with machine guns, Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles and robot-mounted 30mm cannon selected by the Army to arm its fast-emerging Robotic Combat Vehicles. 

These now-in-development robotic systems are intended to network with manned vehicles in high-risk combat operations. 

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