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The age of drone on drone violence will make war more palatable to citizens.
The thing I fear is that this just becomes a ridiculously futile war of resource attrition. It all comes down to who has more metals and chips and armaments to keep throwing at the other's pools of the same until one gives up. What a waste...
...But then again, writing this, I realize that's almost already how they treat human soldiers so...what will change, I wonder?
Exactly. We're already there with which side has more human resources. Meanwhile asymmetric warfare is an escalation of technology and the resources to produce them. Sure, you can tip the balance of power on the battlefield with very clever use of resources, but it's ultimately a contest of who is willing to dump the most into the conflict.
It could also be argued that technological warfare in a global economy makes resource blockades even more important. Nobody is 100% reliant on their homeland resources anymore. To effectively siege your opponent, you have to cut off everything that can fuel their ability to make war. That can be a huge perimeter in some cases.
What will change?
It's easier to convince young people to hump soldiers into their partners than it is to create more rare earth elements.
How long until inter-country conflicts are settled by robot battles and we're basically living the plot of Robo Jox?
might lead to faster extinction via other methods tho...
Would be super interested to see the camera feed from all the drones involved.
Western Infantry officers will be in shambles if this could be repeated again and again. It has to be tough killing one UGV while quad copters are overhead let alone dozens of them rolling up.
Nah, infantry officers would be over the moon if they didn’t have to throw bodies at fortified positions anymore and could just be tasked with holding the AO that the drones assaulted.
Praise the Omnissiah!
What a time to be alive, male and between 18 and 50 🫡🫠
crazy stuff, now twinks will win wars not 7 feet chuds
I've seen some videos about drone operators. They are right next to the front lines, under constant observation by enemy drones, in the range of artillery, getting in and out during the night, spending most time underground. They may not be 7 feet tall but they are still chuds.
Maybe the Ukrainian ones, ours sit in an air conditioned room in the Vegas desert then go to the strip club after their shift
Different types of drones. Ukraine uses mostly fiber wire drones (earlier WiFi) due to jamming. High altitude drones use some sat links.
That works for expensive drones, but not so much for the tiny ones that are ubiquitous on front lines.
Let's let capitalism intervene until they're all in a call center in India
The more remote the comms, the higher the ability to interfere. And someone will always have to be close to launch drones with limited range.
That's not where you get the top progamers nowadays!