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You can't occupy an objective with a drone or a missile. You can't control a city with a drone. Infantry and AFVs that support them will never go away. They ma
by vorpalhex 4y ago
You can't occupy an objective with a drone or a missile. You can't control a city with a drone.
Infantry and AFVs that support them will never go away. They may change but war isn't just about destruction.
- moffkalast 4y agoOh yes you can. Just not a flying drone and not just one.
- imtringued 4y agoBut your not flying drone is going to look like a tankette, aka the autonomous combat warrior weasel from Rheinmetall.
- vorpalhex 4y agoMaybe. There are some experiments using turret style drones to maintain like DMZs. They still need a human operator. That is a case where you are mostly just waiting though. Seizing a town means dealing with a ton of civilians - negotiating, handling mixed reports, etc. Drones may become part of that but cameras are imperfect and you will need people unless Drone tech has a giant leap in human interfacing.
- ninkendo 4y agoI'm going to avoid the quippy sarcastic response and try my best to be curious: How would you occupy a city with only drones? What would it look like? Would they issue orders to civilians to stay in their homes? What sort of objectives that humans do now in war [0] do you think drones can fully replace? [0] establishing forward bases for further logistical support, "securing" areas, including searching through rubble for humans and making sure they're not a threat, etc. I've never been in the military so I don't know from experience but I'm pretty sure there's tons of other examples here.
- robertlagrant 4y ago> Just not a flying drone and not just one. Half-life 2 confirmed.
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