Hardware Trauma Plagues Robot Soldiers in Iraq
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May 14, 2028 – Robotic soldiers deployed in Iraq are exhibiting an increasing number of microprocessor problems and other hardware maladies as they are put back on the front again and again, FU has learned.
Halliburton, which has been overseeing the war effort in Iraq for the last seven years, is now forking out billions to compensate combat robots suffering from such malfunctions as post-traumatic hardware impairment. The fighting in Iraq, now in its 25th year, is believed to be overloading the robots’ circuitry.
Among cyber troops sent to Iraq for the third or fourth time, more than one in four show signs of malfunctioning Flash-ROM circuits, damaged RAM chips and bent voice coil actuators, according to confidential company documents obtained by FU. Some of the units are beyond repair, the documents state. (leer más…)
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