"Slaughter Bots & The Robopocalypse"

What do the U.S., China, Russia, and Israel have in common? If you said they're all (except the U.S.) mentioned in Bible prophecy--you'd be correct, but wait...there's more.

These nations (among others) are busy "exploring" a terrifying technology known as Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) in what is effectively a new arms race.

What's a Lethal Autonomous Weapons System you ask?

Dubbed "slaughter bots" by detractors, these sophisticated computerized micro-robots are defined by the U.S. Department of Defense as weapons "once activated, that select and engage targets without further intervention by a human operator."

Sounds efficient--but image, if you will, thousands of tiny insect-like swarms of killer drones introduced into a conflict between nations. Buzzing like a horde of vicious bees, these drones are unrelentless and lethal, designed to overwhelm an adversary autonomously, and without risk, making nuclear warfare obsolete.

Now imagine mass quantities of these micro-robots on the black market or in the hands of terrorists giving the anonymous user the power to kill thousands or millions of people.

Can't imagine such a thing? You don't have to--just click here to watch a 7 minute dramatization of "Slaughterbots" in horrific action.

A wise man once said: "Lethal autonomous weapons threaten to become the third revolution in warfare. Once developed, they will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend. Those can be weapons of terror, weapons that despots and terrorists use against innocent populations, and weapons hacked to behave in undesirable ways. We do not have long to act. Once this Pandora's box is opened, it will be hard to close. We therefore implore the High Contracting Parties to find a way to protect us all from these dangers." -- Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc.

"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil."  Ephesians 5:15

News:

• The Washington Post: Doomsday Clock moved to 2 minutes to 'midnight', the symbolic hour of the apocalypse; "looming threats of nuclear war and climate change," cited.
• DEBKAfile: "U.S. will never let Iran acquire a nuclear weapon," says U.S. V.P. Mike Pence.
• Reuters: Russia probes software used by U.S. government; puts U.S. computer networks in jeopardy.