From below, the ALTIUS-600M looks like a black cross sailing through the sky. It has a slender fuselage and a stretched wingspan that makes it twice as wide as it is long. Up close, it’s a blend of metal and circuitry, a sleek and ominous testament to human ambition. It is also one of the first artificially intelligent weapons to be deployed by the US in a real war. Shot from a tube like a missile, first its wings telescope outwards, then it identifies its target, flying for up to 280 miles. It circles high in the sky, for as long as four hours, and then strikes on the ground. The “M” is for munitions; on impact it explodes in a ball of flames.
從下方看，ALTIUS-600M像一架黑色的十字架在天空中航行。它有纖細的機身和寬大的翼展，使其寬度是長度的兩倍。近看，它是金屬和電路的結合，是人類雄心壯志的流暢而不祥的證明。它也是美國在真實戰爭中部署的首批人工智能武器之一。像導彈一樣從管道中發射，首先它的翅膀向外伸展，然后識別目標，飛行距離可達280英里。它在高空中盤旋，最長可達四個小時，然后對地面目標發動攻擊?！癕”代表彈藥(munitions)；撞擊時它會爆炸成一團火焰。