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clearsighted 8 points ago +11 / -3

I'm not dismissing robots and drones. Not sure why you felt the need to assume that and lecture me.

It is absolutely certain though that the increasing worthlessness of the average recruit combined with the big tech fetish of our elites have hyper-motivated them to push for warfare to be automated. This doubly benefits them, because once the military can be 'operated' by a few blue-haired trans button pushers, they won't need to worry about the military being PC anymore. Or protecting red staters.

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clearsighted 7 points ago +8 / -1

Accepted. I noticed a downvote at the same time as your response, and downvotes are so rare around here. But I believe you.

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resoluteAction 8 points ago +8 / -0

This is the commie goal as outlined by the oligarchs. Just look at how poorly a lot of that tech budget was spent, how maintenance intensive it is and how easily shutdown by hacking and emp. The base of the force must always be people and people operated machines. Will it though, remains a major question based on the corrupt motives of the 1%.

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BloodyWolf 6 points ago +6 / -0

I get to worrying that the military is slowly starting to think it can't be used or exposed to danger.

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BigIronBigIron 4 points ago +4 / -0

Robot soldiers don't need sleep, food, air, can carry much heavier loads than a human being, and can be reassembled after being blown apart. I'd say the elite fetish for android warriors is justified.

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WildStar 5 points ago +5 / -0

It's something to be concerned about to be sure. But don't forget that IRAN of all places showed that a drone can be brought down by a proper hack.

They may have drones, but we have autists.

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BigIronBigIron 2 points ago +2 / -0

If I recall correctly, some enterprising Slav used a regular kitchen microwave to take down a drone a few years ago