RUSSIAN military leaders have unveiled their secret state-of-the art robot army - which has an android gunslinger in its ranks.

The Terminator-like killing machine is seen showing off his deadly accurate shooting skills in a terrifying video which gives a glimpse of how future battles will be fought.

5 FEDOR is seen as the future of modern warfare Credit: YouTube: Roberto Leones Masini

5 The android 'packs' two automatic pistols Credit: YouTube: Roberto Leones Masini

5 There are also plans to send FEDOR into space Credit: YouTube: Roberto Leones Masini

The clip shows the humanoid robot mowing down targets on a range with an automatic pistol gripped in each robotic hand.

Dmitry Rogozin, Vladimir Putin's deputy prime minister, tweeted the video of battlefield research to show off FEDOR.

As well as being primed for frontline battle, the robot will also be sent into space by the Russians.

Rogozin tweeted these words to accompany the video: "Russian fighting robots - guys with iron nature.

"We are not creating a Terminator, but artificial intelligence that will be of great practical significance in a lot of spheres."

The video also features unmanned machine gun trucks, tanks and bomb-dropping drones.

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The world’s three superpowers have been locked in an “invisible” battle to develop killer robots for years.

Last year the Sun Online was given exclusive access to a piece of research focusing on the “start of undeclared competition” to build autonomous weapons systems which can kill without needing to be controlled by a human.

In the study, Vadim Kozyulin, senior research fellow and former officer of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said America was leading the way in the killer robot arms race.

However, US dominance in this game-changing field of military technology has prompted a dangerous escalation from Russia and China - as this video clearly proves.

5 Vladimir Putin has invested billions researching modern warfare Credit: Getty Images

5 Russia's robot army also features unmanned tanks Credit: YouTube: Roberto Leones Masini

Робот платформы F.E.D.O.R. показал навыки стрельбы с двух рук. Идёт работа над мелкой моторикой и алгоритмами принятия решений@fpi_russia pic.twitter.com/jREgpgEy14 — РОСКОСМОС (@Rogozin) April 13, 2017

Yesterday we told how Putin had his eyes set on starting a new Cold War – by opening a top-secret military base in the Arctic.

The giant complex on the northern ice cap is believed to be fully-armed with missile systems and nuclear-ready fighter jets.