Those systems are very much in the early phases of development. I believe there was a discussion a few years back also concerning the use of
lasers, which is a little further along in development.
I believe the "
outcome" of that discussion might be the same for "
Bot-Tanks" etc., that we don't see them.
I can only imagine the programing/software potential issues that would have to be overcome, but the more pressing issue is
time, we're running out of it and we have have
guarantee that Andy and Don will want to see this to the end.
The last submissions and "
possible" patch would be due by
February 2026 at latest to get any new equipment in that
entered service in 2025. And there'll be other OOB issues as well.
And just as important is the in some cases, extreme lack of slots available in some of the OOB's. We came up with a solution a few months ago to free up some slots in the
USA OOB by moving the
"
Gunships" into the
GREEN OOB.
From what I'm reading on the subject whether it's air, land or sea based combat antonymous or "piloted" remotely equipment, they won't reach practical application until the
late 2020's to
mid 2030's.
By that time we'll be reminiscing about the "
good ole days" sipping our favorite beverages and God willing, enjoying our retirement.
Which in small part for me means, actually being able to enjoy playing the game without worrying about "
One World One OOB (OWOO)", allocation of my personal time (And you can read into that what you want.), working for a living to get to retirement, investing for it etc. etc. and most
importantly giving back to
CINCLANTHOME who puts up with me especially this time of year in doing "
my projects".
And then there's always "C and C" and "Red Alert" for that stuff.
Lasers and Robots as weapons don't really do much for me anyway, besides that's nothing new,
I saw that in STARS WARS back in 1977. It's "old news" now!?! 
Regards,
Pat
