Essentially, a robot bomb, it would be operated via remote control and transported to a location in enemy territory before being detonated.

As the Minsk Monitor notes, this kind of robot is in the style of the “teletank” rudimentary combat machines from the 1930s and 1940s. Remote control itself is nothing new.

Army scientists work with counterparts from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to meet urban combat challenges with technology.