Self-Replicating Machines

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Date: 03/20/05 

Date: 19 Mar 2005 18:26:27 -0800

The article at:

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/robot-05q.html

includes the following:

"Dr Bowyer is working on creating the 3D models needed for a rapid
prototype machine to make a copy of itself. When this is complete, he
will put these on a website so that all owners of an existing
conventional machine can download them for free and begin making copies
of his machine."

What military applications would this technology have?