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The stakes could be about to get much higher in Ukraine.
Just as Germany and the US have announced plans to send Leopard and Abrams tanks to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's forces, Russia has unveiled a terrifying new weapon it calls a 'killer robot'.
The 'Marker' is an unmanned ground vehicle similar to a tank. However, unlike a regular tank, it can automatically detect and target enemies with guided missiles using a range of smart sensors and robotics.
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The Marker can even function autonomously for up to three days, navigating for several miles without human assistance and is capable of firing at targets 'with discretion'.
Dmitry Rogozin, former direector general of Russia's Roscosmos, told Sputnik that the Marker robot will begin rolling out with tank-busting abilities.
Rogozin reportedly said: "For example, as soon as deliveries of the Abrams and Leopard tanks to the Ukrainian troops begin, the Marker will be fitted with an appropriate electronic image to detect and destroy the US and German tanks with anti-tank guided missiles."
Rogozin then claimed that four Marker robots will be delivered in February to the Donbass region of Ukraine, which remains contested between Russian and Ukrainian militiaries.
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The Marker vehicles were apparently never designed for combat, but were meant as a way to test futuristic tools and technologies.
By sending them into battle, it will mark a major escalation of the use of robotics in a war.
Russian robotics boss Oleg Martyanov
that the Marker vehicles are highly accurate, and can 'hit flying discs from a Kalashnikov machine-gun many times faster than people do'.
However, given the Russia's military track record so far in 'accidentally' hitting civilian targets, the robot could introduce an even greater level of harm to innocent people—and with little oversight from humans.
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