He’s No Match For Droidekas!

Kimjongil_2Good news, everybody!

Battle robots may be joining the peace-keeping mission at the North Korea/South Korea DMZ (a.k.a., "the Neutral Zone").

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Armed, six-legged robots may one day work alongside man’s best friend on the southern side of the Korean DMZ.


South Korea will spend 33.4 billion won over the next five years to develop the robots for the heavily fortified demilitarised zone that divides the peninsula, the Communications Ministry said in a statement Friday.


South Korea envisages the robots performing roles on the battlefield now done by dogs, such as sniffing for explosives and catching intruders, the ministry said.


The robots will stand knee-high to the average adult, mounted on wheels for road missions or on as many as eight legs to get them over uneven terrain, it said. Equipped with firearms, they will be able to carry out combat missions via remote control.

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RomulanNorth Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il probably won’t be pleased!

No floral baskets for the robots!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

20 thoughts on “He’s No Match For Droidekas!”

  2. It might even be the Beloved Leader sneaking over to the nearest cine-plex.
    I hear he likes American movies.

  3. Isn’t mixing Star Wars and Star Trek references a breach of some kind of Science Fiction protocol? :-p

  5. South Korea envisages the robots performing roles on the battlefield now done by dogs, such as sniffing for explosives and catching intruders, the ministry said.
    Wow! They’ve created robots with the olfactory capacity of bomb-sniffing dogs!

  6. BTW, counting the comment I made above there are actually *four* sci-fi references from different franchises. Star Trek and Star Wars are only two of them.

  8. Yes, but the question is: Can people spot the references and *name* the franchises?
    It’s not that hard. If you think about it, I’m sure the answers will pop right into your frond.
    . . . Oh, and that’s five.

  10. I think Zaphod Beeblebrox may say that once or twice.
    I’m thinking of a different character in a different franchise who used it as a recurring catchphrase.
    (Kudos on spotting that as a sci-fi reference given that it has no obvious unusual content!)

  13. The robot description sounds a lot like K-9 from Dr. Who — knee high to the average adult, performing missions similar to dogs & being equipped with firearms.

  15. It’s not in the robot description. That’s from a news story.
    All five sci-fi franchise references are in my own words, either in the main post or in the comments.
    And Randolph Carter is right: “Good news, everbody!” is what Professor Farnsworth was always saying on Futurama.
    The three identified franchises are thus Star Wars, Star Trek, and Futurama.
    That leaves two to be identified (both of which are in my comments rather than the post itself.)

  16. “I don’t know, it just popped into my frond”
    Stargate SG-1
    One of the episode where O’neal has had his brain loaded with the ancient knowledge…

  18. Yes and yes! Stargate SG-1 and Firefly are the two other franchises.
    Thanks for playing, everybody!
    All franchise-identifiers get a free round of congratulations!

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