I came across this article and was thinking how much it sounded like the old game Risk. The soldiers are even colored blue (good) and red (evil).

This is all very hazy and seems to remind me of the old Terminator movies at the same time. These new military vehicles are like armored humans and able to not only serve tactically but also to flag and field data that is harvested to a central server. Quite interesting indeed:

“At the core of it is a soldier that imagines what must be done, thinks through how to get it done, then gets it done. The technology is just an enabler,” said Col. James Hickey, the 1st Brigade’s commander.

The civilian specialists concede this enabler doesn’t come cheap, but they are reluctant to talk about the technology’s price tag.

“How much does the equipment cost? This is equipment that will save soldiers’ lives,” Jones said.

“If a soldier is attacked, other units can find him with this equipment. It is worth it that soldier have the best equipment [they] can have.”

Source: CNN

Guess the main question now is, who’s handling your joystick?”