Recalling the call for ethics in robotics from Isaac Asimov, these current trends in military robotics are already creating disillusionment. From US military personnel in New Mexico flying drones and dropping bombs remotely who experience higher PTSD levels than foot soldiers in Iraq to other countries anger that the US army will not fight them as men, the technological acceleration of the removal of humans from war does present us with serious ethical issues which perhaps we need to take time to consider. Unfortunately, the current pace of production supported by the Pentagon may mean that there simply isn't time...

