"The Pentagon's plan to put robot Marines in space" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Jul 2014 10:55 p.m. PST |
"Roosevelt Lafontant had a dream. A Marine Corps officer assigned to the National Reconnaissance Office at the Pentagon, Lafontant had a back-row seat in late 2001 as the Marines spearheaded the invasion of landlocked Afghanistan. To reach Kandahar from their assault ships, the Marines had to fly more than 400 miles over Pakistan in rickety, heavy-lift helicopters. "There's got to be a better way," Lafontant recalled thinking. There was a better way — one involving high technology and even higher ambition. As loopy as it sounded, Lafontant and like-minded officers wanted to send Marines into combat through space. But robots would have gone first…"
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| darthfozzywig | 11 Jul 2014 10:08 a.m. PST |
They were ready for deployment until Games Workshop hit them with a cease & desist for using "Space Marines". |
 Parzival  | 11 Jul 2014 11:39 a.m. PST |
You're late on the draw, Armand: TMP link |
| Tango01 | 11 Jul 2014 11:28 p.m. PST |
Sorry my friend. (smile) Amicalement
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| Parzival | 12 Jul 2014 5:30 a.m. PST |
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