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21st Century Warfighter Brings Military Tech to Your TV

New Military Channel program showcases the latest tech designed by the U.S. military.

21st Century Warfighter
September 8 on the Military Channel

attention armchair generals. You can check out the latest combat
gear and tactics being developed by


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The Joystick Commando

Gun-slinging 'bots go to Iraq, but soldiers will call the shots

A cross between a tank and a soldier, the latest feat of military husbandry makes Robocop look like Officer Friendly. Combining a lightweight robot built by military contractor Foster-Miller for reconnaissance in Bosnia with a remote-control machine-gun mount invented by Northern California engineer Graham Hawkes [see interview], this is the world's first land-based telepresent combat weapona deadly-accurate surrogate gunner that needs no sleep and will never come home in a casket.

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