SUPER SOLDIER IS COMING

EDITORIAL OPINION

SUPER SOLDIER IS COMING

 we hope that the robots are not sabotaged by Nigerian soldiers again like in the past

On two occasions now ,Nigerians  have been told in very clear terms by its Armed Forces that are not prepared for the battle to fight the insurgency caused by the dreaded Islamist group,Boko Haram.

On those two occasions ,they rebelled against the establishment as they claimed that they were not willing to go into battle with Boko Haram as they were ill equipped to face the terror group.

The military High Command threatened fire and brimstone over the issue and promised a court martial but on both occasions nothing came out of it as it was clear that the leadership was as guilty as its followers.

With billions of dollars of tax payers funds going into the nations defense sector ,this nothing but a national tragedy of immeasurable proportion.

On the 25 th of August ,2014 ,everything came to a head when it was gathered that 480 Nigerian Soldiers had defected to the Cameroun though this was immediately refuted by the military leadership  in Nigeria.

Now the implications of this singular incident is grave for Nigeria's  already fragile security  and territorial integrity if we do not act very fast to nip this worrying trend of a non performing  Armed Forces into the bud.

It is high time that the Nigerian Armed Forces working in consonance with the Federal Government get hold of a Super Soldier.

By a Super Soldier we are talking of a Robot ,which will take the place of mortal men since they have declared themselves so far as completely useless.

With a Robot in place, all we need to do is back it with a sincere armory and no form of sabotage while efforts should be made to probe and punish those who converted our defense funds into private use and if this is done Boko Haram will be checked.

A super Soldier is expected to be fire proof, bomb proof and bullet proof thus making it 21^st century  compliant in terms of military warfare.

It will be able to take on the militia  group, Boko Haram without breaking any form of sweat

But it is key that this machine should never be allowed to fall into the wrong hands like the previous weapons of the Nigerian army.

With a Super Soldier in place,Nigeria would have been ushered into the list of a privileged few whose military infrastructures is of a cutting edge level as it will reduce the mortality rate in the Armed Forces due to the terror crisis in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

Military robots include the SWORDS robot which is currently used in ground-based combat. It can use a variety of weapons and there is some discussion of giving it some degree of autonomy in battleground situations.
Unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs), which are an upgraded form of UAVs, can do a wide variety of missions, including combat. UCAVs are being designed such as the BAE Systems Mantis which would have the ability to fly themselves, to pick their own course and target, and to make most decisions on their own The BAE Taranis is a UCAV built by Great Britain which can fly across continents without a pilot and has new means to avoid detection. Flight trials are expected to begin in 2011
The AAAI has studied this topic in depth and its president has commissioned a study to look at this issue.
Some have suggested a need to build "Friendly AI", meaning that the advances which are already occurring with AI should also include an effort to make AI intrinsically friendly and humane.^] Several such measures reportedly already exist, with robot-heavy countries such as Japan and South Korea having begun to pass regulations requiring robots to be equipped with safety systems, and possibly sets of 'laws' akin to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. An official report was issued in 2009 by the Japanese government's Robot Industry Policy Committee. Chinese officials and researchers have issued a report suggesting a set of ethical rules, and a set of new legal guidelines referred to as "Robot Legal Studies." Some concern has been expressed over a possible occurrence of robots telling apparent falsehoods.