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Certainly kill switches would Every TV show has a self destruct mechanism to prevent a ship from falling into enemy hands and blabla etc
by EGreg 3y ago
Certainly kill switches would
Every TV show has a self destruct mechanism to prevent a ship from falling into enemy hands and blabla etc
- kube-system 3y agoAn opposing military capable of leading the Russian military to abandon their tanks would also have the capability of defeating a kill switch once they have unhindered physical access to it. Scuttling has been a common military practice, for literally millennia. This practice is unrelated to the presence of any locks on the vehicle. Militaries are equipped with explosives and weapons and can perform these actions without them being built into the vehicle. The reason this did not happen is not due to the construction of their vehicles, it is because they did not take action to do so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling The automated self-destruct countdowns you have seen in movies and TV shows are used for dramatic effect. In reality, it is cheaper, more reliable, and safer to scuttle a manned vehicle manually.
- somerandomqaguy 3y agoSo... you're basing your opinion about machines used by soldiers in combat.... on fictional television shows? Just a question, have you ever worked with soldiers before?
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoForget the suspensefully-narrated self destruct sequences, why has the Pentagon not invested in plot armour for every soldier? Make sure the uniforms aren't red and they can only die near series finales.