the robotics revolution and conflict in the twenty-first century
Singer, P. W
2009
Explores the role of advanced robotics in the way modern wars progress and considers whether removing humans from the battlefield will remove moral barriers to the act of killing. Details the politics, economics, and laws that surround warfare fought with robotics and features black-and-white photographs.
Danish teenager Harald Olufsen, having stumbled upon the secret that is responsible for Germany's success in beating back the attacks of England's Royal Air Force in 1941, undertakes a dangerous, six-hundred-mile journey in a derelict airplane with his friend Karen, in an effort to get word to England and turn the course of the war.
An introduction to robot warriors, discussing the development of automated fighting machines, the use of robots to perform dangerous tasks in space, in the air, on land, and at sea,and the possible future of robot technology.
What was supposed to be a test flight of the technology and crew of "Able One," an experimental aircraft armed with a high-power laser that can knock out missiles, becomes an urgent mission when a rogue North Korean faction launches a nuclear missile that destroys most of the world's satellites, and intelligence reveals they have two more weapons yet to be deployed.
