# Rise of the Machines: Terrorist Robots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696 "2008-03-01T00:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/1 "2008-03-01T00:51:50Z")
[R2-D2 now works for Osama bin Laden](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2008/02/27/4880920-ap.html) > [@](#): > > It is only a matter of time before terrorists use deadly robots to launch attacks on heavily populated urban areas, experts say. > > The know-how and materials for manufacturing lethal, improvised robots are easily available, said experts gathered Wednesday at a British military think-tank. > > “Sooner or later, we’re going to see a Cessna programmed to fly into a building,” said Rear Admiral Chris Parry, who formed the Ministry of Defence’s Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre in 2005. I’ll let **Broomstick** explain why a Cessna loaded with explosives is a pretty pointless weapon (she does it so well). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/2 "2008-03-01T02:02:07Z")
Hmmm. This goes along alarmingly well with my thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457887). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/3 "2008-03-01T02:23:48Z")
The great thing about autonomous killer robots is that there’s no need for embarrassing courts martial if one of these things destroys a whole villiage of non-combatants. Oops, it was just a glitch in the software. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/4 "2008-03-01T02:53:23Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > The great thing about autonomous killer robots is that there’s no need for embarrassing courts martial if one of these things destroys a whole villiage of non-combatants. Oops, it was just a glitch in the software. :rolleyes: And what about when our guys get killed because at a critical moment in the battle, their killbot get’s a BSOD? [Skynet comes on-line.](http://www.satellitetoday.com/st/headlines/22236.html) > [@](#): > > The Skynet 5B U.K. military space satellite has begun operations a month early, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced Feb. 19. > Skynet 5B provides increased capability for secure voice and data traffic and is the second of three satellites that will form a new constellation for military communications. Skynet 5A entered service in May, and Skynet 5C will serve as an in-orbit spare. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/5 "2008-03-01T07:33:15Z")
I can’t help wondering what **Eve** would have to say about this. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/6 "2008-03-01T10:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [Skynet comes on-line.](http://www.satellitetoday.com/st/headlines/22236.html) [/QUOTE] We called a military satellite SKYNET?! Fuck it, does no one in the British Government ever watch films? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/7 "2008-03-01T16:35:29Z")
You do understand that a stack of dynamite with a wind-up mechanical alarm clock for a time-delay fuse IS a robot. This is not new. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/8 "2008-03-02T04:00:32Z")
[QUOTE=Nancarrow] We called a military satellite SKYNET?! Fuck it, does no one in the British Government ever watch films? [/QUOTE] Actually, the [Skynet series dates backt to 1969.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28satellites%29) The more you know! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-machines-terrorist-robots/439696/9 "2008-03-02T04:27:33Z")
Do terrorist androids dream of electric virgins?