Fighting on the frontline in the 21st century is becoming increasingly like playing Frontlines on an Xbox - waging war by remote-control. 
One of the latest additions to the assets available to the Army in Iraq is Desert Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which provides vital air reconnaissance to the troops fighting on the ground. This remote-controlled drone comes with an array of cameras, including infrared, which are proving effective in locating potential threats day and night.
Link> Mod Oracle: Bird's Eye View
One of the latest additions to the assets available to the Army in Iraq is Desert Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which provides vital air reconnaissance to the troops fighting on the ground. This remote-controlled drone comes with an array of cameras, including infrared, which are proving effective in locating potential threats day and night.
Link> Mod Oracle: Bird's Eye View
The MoD is also evaluating the Israeli-made EMIT Sparrow UAV with a view to acquiring the system to provide an "indirect fire precision attack" capability for Army artillery units.
Link> Flight Global: British Army selects EMIT Sparrow for precision artillery programme
For some time the Army has been able to deal with suspected IEDs by means of remote-controlled "tanks". The next generation of ground-based drones however will take the concept of war by remote-control many steps further. Arms manufacturer Foster-Miller has developed Talon, a machine gun wielding robot. Although Talon would be controlled by soldiers, the arms industry is saying that unmanned tanks which move and fire without human intervention are not far off.
Link> The Independent: Hi-tech tanks: The future's in our sights
Link> The Independent: Hi-tech tanks: The future's in our sights
It looks very much as if all those geeks who spend their days in front of a video screen frantically manipulating their joysticks are going to be the war heroes of tomorrow.
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