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They say underseas drones are the future. Sadly (horrifyingly?) they are also going to be used for nuclear weapons.

• deugtniet 11y ago
  Horrifyingly, drones are already being used as nuclear weapons. The Russians recently 'leaked' a new torpedo design with all the characteristics of a drone, being able to find its way through thousands of miles of ocean, finding a target and if this target is acceptable destroying a whole harbor zone. Doomsday drones --or machines if you will-- are likely already in place and able to decide to blow up the world in an instant. I don't like thinking about the capability of these superpower nations.
  • vlehto 11y ago
    Also submarine launched radio controlled "drones" carrying nukes have been around since 1955. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus The only reason why it's called "cruise missile" is because it's self destructing. That's hardly of any tactical importance when talking about nukes.
  • jacquesm 11y ago
    > Doomsday drones --or machines if you will-- are likely already in place and able to decide to blow up the world in an instant. What do you base that on?
    • deugtniet 11y ago
      No facts, only that it's relatively easy to implement such a system. Add to this the fear that the other party may have implemented a doomsday device, and it becomes easy to rationalize the need for such a device. I would even argue the operators in nuclear bunkers are already part of a doomsday device if they have orders to automatically launch an attack if their country has been struck by nuclear weapons.