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Countries Look to Robot Armies for Border Defense

By Sharon WeinbergerJul 13th 2010 – 9:21PM
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(July 13) -- The House Homeland Security Committee will meet Thursday to discuss the use of unmanned aircraft to patrol America's borders. The number of drones deployed on such missions has been growing in recent years, and lawmakers have begun to demand that the Pentagon provide even more along the U.S.-Mexican...

Background on talos

In Greek mythology, Talos (; , Talōs) or Talon (; , Talōn) was a giant man of bronze who protected Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders by circling the island's shores three times daily while guarding it.

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