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Marine Corps Buys Taliban Robots for Target Practice
The Marine Corps purchased eight of the targets for almost $2 million, Marine Corps Times reported. The targets resemble Taliban fighters and will be available to service members in the fall.
Marines training for Middle East combat will have a newer, smarter enemy target to shoot at in the fall.
Marine Corps Systems Command recently purchased a set of eight Segway robot targets from Marathon Robotics, an Australia-based company, for close to $2 million, Marine Corps Times reported.
The robots resemble Taliban fighters and will only be used by a handful of warfighters, wrote Marine Corps Times reporter James K. Sanborn.
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Visit Marine Corps Times' website for the complete story, including comments from Marathon Robotics representatives and Lt. Col. Walt Yates, MARCORSYSCOM lead researcher for the robot targets.
Check out this Marine Corps Times video, which features the Taliban robots in action.
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