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> Overall, less people will land in jail Why not just give prisoners with short sentences a choice between jail and the correctional battalion? And also add r
by petre 4y ago
> Overall, less people will land in jail
Why not just give prisoners with short sentences a choice between jail and the correctional battalion?
And also add robots to the force to aid servicepeople. The Boston Dynamics dog robot clearly has military applications so why not install a remotely operated gun turret, a targetting computer and a video feed on it?
- JamesBarney 4y agoBecause they're on average dumber, less inhibited, more aggressive, and more have problems following orders than the general population. Basically the make shitty soldiers.
- petre 4y agoAnd drafting random people not incined for service somehow doesn't?
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y agoThey’re both bad options to pad the ranks of a military that’s looking more like the late Roman army by the day.
- JamesBarney 4y agoYes random people are far better than criminals for making up a military. I don't think there is a single general who would disagree with that.
- waste_monk 4y ago>The Boston Dynamics dog robot clearly has military applications so why not install a remotely operated gun turret, a targetting computer and a video feed on it? Apparently research into using BigDog for military purposes was discontinued as it was too noisy (not overly surprising given it was powered by a go-kart engine). The smaller Spot robots only have a carrying capacity of 18kg, and the lightest weight variant of a CROWS weapon station I could see is ~74kg. It would probably be more practical to mount something on an ATV quadbike platform instead of legs... less capability for rough terrain, but probably a lot more practical and easier on maintenance/logistics if you shared a common platform between manned and unmanned quad-bikes.