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Noah Shachtman
Security
Sep 19, 2007 1:04 AM

Video Fix: I.E.D. 1, Robot 0

Another example of why you send robots downrange, and leave the soldiers in the truck…

Another example of why you send robots downrange, and leave the soldiers in the truck…

 

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED. He's the former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast. ... Read More
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