China Deploys Armed Robotic Dogs in Live-Fire Drills Near Russia’s Border

China Deploys Armed Robotic Dogs in Live-Fire Drills Near Russia’s Border

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted live-fire drills involving four-legged robotic platforms equipped with automatic rifles, according to reports from state broadcaster CCTV-7. The exercises were carried out by units of the PLA’s 76th Group Army in a mountainous area of northern China, not far from the Russian border. Footage released by the broadcaster shows the robotic systems—resembling mechanical dogs—integrated into infantr…