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THE BODIES OF six soldiers, believed to be Japanese troops who fought in World War II, have been found in a reopened cave in the Pacific nation of Palau.
The tiny outpost was the scene of fierce battles in 1944 between Japanese and American forces which resulted in steep casualties.
Japan is estimated to have lost 10,000 soldiers during the fighting and the remains of 2,600 of them were never recovered, with many thought to be in a network of fortified caves that were used as a mode of defence.
Many of the caves, littered with the explosive remnants of war, were deemed dangerous and sealed after the conflict.
ABC News said one of them was recently opened for the first time in nearly 70 years ahead of a visit this month by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
“The cave itself is in an area known as the promontory which is the defining point on the west coast of the island of Pelileu,” said Steve Ballinger, operations director with non-government organisation Cleared Ground Demining.
“At that location was an anti-tank gun in a heavily fortified concrete bunker and it took a number of days actually to capture this fortified position.
“It’s my understanding that those (bodies) were the crew, perhaps the officer and his men that were manning that gun… a number of US soldiers died in that vicinity as well.”
Ballinger, whose team has been operating in Palau to clear remnants of WWII ordnance for six years, added to the broadcaster that the bodies would be repatriated.
The cave has since been resealed but more may be opened.
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No wonder they will rise up and fight us, oppressed and poked with a stick throughout their history. As an Irish man am sympathetic to their cause and I for one will stand side by side with our robot overlords.
I believe that robots of the future will be so big and expensive, that only the five richest kings of Europe will be able to afford them.
Love it.
SIPTU would still want it to join a union if it arrives here.
Looks like it has a harder job the the luas drivers.
So, we will all be employed assembling robots to do the jobs that we would have been doing if there were no robots; until, of course the robots start assembling robots……..
They’ll still need people to design them
The robots will assemble the robots that do the work. Humans will be the designers & technicians. The increased productivity that will result from robots being able to work 24/7 will translate into a much greater pie of wealth in society which can then be put to other use in ways we can’t even imagine, creating human employment in those areas.
Remember, 200 years ago – 90% of people worked in agriculture, now 5% do but produce mutiple times the food. The people moved into other areas.
The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots.
I suppose these lads won’t mind working zero hour contracts.
So that the globalist elites can heard the starving peasant humanoids into death camps.
Heard?
Also – super fun happy camps.
Ha Ha Gabby.
Have fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7BuQFUhsRM
Don’t mind them John they think they are smart but are idiots.
When he’s walking through the snow, it kinda reminds me of making my way home after one too many.
The robots slowly biding his time, there will be no escape or mercy for any of us.
Any one else feel bad for the robot, I was hoping it gave the guy a slap lol At the very least I would be reporting that behaviour to the robot equivalent of HR..
RR?
The computers must be doing some amount of calculations to keep him walking in the rough ground and snow, very impressive.
Was thinking the same, must be the most powerful chip on the planet in its brain…to react almost instantaneously like that.
Yeah, let’s p1ss off the humanoid robot. I can’t see any potential issues there…
Can they drive the Luas?
That vid needs the terminator music played over it.
Very cool but also a little scary!
But can it handle smashing the box outta it’s hand and bashing it in the chest with a hockey stick ? Oh wait ….
In a few years they will have robots to do everything, and we’ll all be sitting on our arses without any jobs…. Won’t have to worry about the USC then….
Robots replacing humans.. What next?
Same last night on the leaders debate.
Johnny five is alive!
At the end when he’s walking out the door it’s as if he’s saying “f**k this, I’ve had enough of this bullsh*t!”
That robot walks like me when I’m badly hungover
anyone else think, that the Robot was going to figure out that if he grabbed the stick off the man he could pick up the box……#skynet
Just teach them how to drive The Luas- problem solved
Ahh
“Cuddly little terminators”
“Every home and business should have some”
Sky net =Google =not good
When the robots take over the world they’ll remember being bullied!
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