Holographic soldiers, multi-task tanks, E-bombs, mission-tailored computer software, modular body armour, weapons with laser range-finders, wearable computers, unmanned combat fighters, heat-seeking missiles, tele-operated weapons, micro-robots, sophisticated robot attack planes, and intelligent textiles…if you think this is the future, think again.
Future Fighting Machines examines the latest innovations in military hardware: the gadgets; the wizardry of military weapons manufacturers; and the unstoppable ambition of weapon developers worldwide to make soldiers less and less vulnerable.
The programme also looks at the invention of weapons which strike more accurately, and the development of tanks and vehicles which can be operated by robots and computers.
