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"I'd envision "kamikaze" drones being the most feasible thing to be effective first." Agreed, and that's what scares me the most. All drones "pilots" will safe

"I'd envision "kamikaze" drones being the most feasible thing to be effective first." Agreed, and that's what scares me the most. All drones "pilots" will safely return to their families, their families won't lose any loved ones, therefore they'll become even easier to brainwash into voting anyone who supports wars. Circle closed, war becomes a 24/7/365 business worldwide and if you happen to live in the wrong place you're pretty much screwed.

openasocket 8y ago
Interestingly, it could also have the opposite effect. Sure, it makes it less risky for your pilots when you escalate a conflict. But it also means that if there's some sort of border clash and a couple drones get shot down, it's not as big a deal because no one was actually killed. There's some more information here: https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/game-of-drones-what-experimental-wargames-reveal-about-drones-and-escalation/ https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/game-of-drones-what-experi... It's also important to note that in the last few decades very few US pilots have been shot down or killed, so switching to drones doesn't significantly change the equation. The majority of the dying is going to be from the infantry on the ground, which aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  See also this alt-history piece by Scott Alexander: http://web.archive.org/web/20160217174724/https://squid314.livejournal.com/338607.html http://web.archive.org/web/20160217174724/https://squid314.l... Put like this, it really makes you wonder if drone warfare is the worse alternative.
LoSboccacc 8y ago
> "kamikaze" drones and we're back to missiles. those are just missiles. next you'll invent MIRVs under the premise of saving on the cost of the "cruising" since targets tend to be clustered.

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"I'd envision "kamikaze" drones being the most feasible thing to be effective first." Agreed, and that's what scares me the most. All drones "pilots" will safe

by squarefoot 8y ago

openasocket 8y ago
Interestingly, it could also have the opposite effect. Sure, it makes it less risky for your pilots when you escalate a conflict. But it also means that if there's some sort of border clash and a couple drones get shot down, it's not as big a deal because no one was actually killed. There's some more information here: https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/game-of-drones-what-experimental-wargames-reveal-about-drones-and-escalation/ https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/game-of-drones-what-experi... It's also important to note that in the last few decades very few US pilots have been shot down or killed, so switching to drones doesn't significantly change the equation. The majority of the dying is going to be from the infantry on the ground, which aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  See also this alt-history piece by Scott Alexander: http://web.archive.org/web/20160217174724/https://squid314.livejournal.com/338607.html http://web.archive.org/web/20160217174724/https://squid314.l... Put like this, it really makes you wonder if drone warfare is the worse alternative.
LoSboccacc 8y ago
> "kamikaze" drones and we're back to missiles. those are just missiles. next you'll invent MIRVs under the premise of saving on the cost of the "cruising" since targets tend to be clustered.