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kneedeepco t1_isuavgp wrote

Reply to comment by pete_68 in The killer ground drone revolution is here. The Netherlands has deployed four armed ground robots or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), making it the first NATO country to do so. The robots are Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry Systems (THeMIS) UGVs built by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics. by mossadnik

I mean at this point it looks like we'll just have robot battles

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YsoL8 t1_isuu0h8 wrote

Yep. Anyone who fails to transition is effectively sending men out to die pointlessly. (Mature) Drone infantry will out distance them, out manevour them and likely attack at speeds below their ability to react. They have no morale to break, minimal need to stop and much better logistics.

The traditional infantry man will be reduced to some sort of combined drone commander and tech support. The force multiplier is enormous.

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numba1cyberwarrior t1_iswv2bw wrote

That has an absolutely horrific consequence for power. You dont need the masses to retain your military anymore

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BMonad t1_isw737a wrote

I’ve always thought this was an interesting concept. It’s not difficult to imagine a future where wars are waged with tech, either remotely controlled or AI “bots”, and the idea of human soldiers would be antiquated as bringing a knight on a horse to a modern battlefield. They would just be shredded like insects. So much would change and it’s difficult to foresee how it would all play out but warfare would be much more covert and technology driven.

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Caldwing t1_isxl61g wrote

Yeah I think the time of people on the battle field (except as victims) has a time limit. In fact I think the end might be closer than most imagine. The first time we see a battle somewhere with regular forces vs a combined arms, semi-autonomous force, the slaughter will have militaries around the world scrambling like mad to transition.

These days a computer can scan a battlefield across multiple spectra, identify targets, and engage them, all before a human would blink. One of the least believable but incredibly common sci-fi tropes is people winning against highly developed machines. There is just no way if the weaponry available to each is otherwise equal.

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FingerTheCat t1_isubq1z wrote

Nope one side will have them first and enslave everyone else

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Dhiox t1_isusxaa wrote

You forget MAD. All weapons pale in comparison to nukes.

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huzernayme t1_isvyaug wrote

Unless you simultaneously deploy swarms of drone swarms that destroy all your enemies nukes before the robot guns go in.

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Dhiox t1_isw0jg4 wrote

Thats not possible. No way to stop every nuke, our enemies don't even know where all our nukes are

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