No Robots in TRICARE.
The NY Times weighs in today on the moral implications of the Pentagon's long-range plans to develop a robot army. But it also notes the cash implications. "The Pentagon today owes its soldiers $653 billion in future retirement benefits that it cannot presently pay. Robots, unlike old soldiers, do not fade away. The median lifetime cost of a soldier is about $4 million today and growing, according to a Pentagon study. Robot soldiers could cost a tenth of that or less."
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