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Well... We (the US) haven't given up on mines, and the biggest issue with them isn't their indiscriminate nature as much as the inability to turn them off once
by DuskStar 7y ago
Well... We (the US) haven't given up on mines, and the biggest issue with them isn't their indiscriminate nature as much as the inability to turn them off once a conflict ends. Automated, engage-everything-in-area, gun-based defences would neatly eliminate the cleanup issue while not needing IFF.
- m0zg 7y agoThey can't even be automated right now. You'd still need to supply them with ammo. Frickin' lasers, on the other hand...
- DuskStar 7y agoAutomated in the sense of "don't need a person standing in a tower", not in the sense of "needs no maintenance". I suppose minefields might be the latter, but even then I'd argue that minefields are less "needs no" and more "can receive no, since they'd kill the maintenance personnel". (And if you're running out of ammo, you'd need to add more mines too)