The result? An unimaginably large cephapoloidal nervous system armed with the world's most advanced weaponry, and in control of all military equipment belonging to the world's most powerful army.

A networked military – an extreme take on the "internet of things" – would connect everything from F-35 jets to the Navy's destroyers to the armor of the tanks crawling over the land to the devices carried by soldiers – every weapon would be connected.  Every weapon, vehicle, and device connected, sharing data, constantly aware of the presence and state of every other node in a truly global network.

Of course, the development of these "smart" weapons should unnerve Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has repeatedly warned that AI and machine learning poses a greater threat to the future of the US than North Korea. If not properly regulated, Elon suggested that machines could turn against their human masters.

"Until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don't know how to react because it seems so ethereal," he said.