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In a more tech-driven/advanced military, who's to say we won't need more drone operators looking at a screen than front-line riflemen (and women)?
by Simon_ORourke 3y ago
In a more tech-driven/advanced military, who's to say we won't need more drone operators looking at a screen than front-line riflemen (and women)?
- rcbdev 3y agoThose we'll probably need again in WWIV to fight with sticks and rocks - after our modern infrastructure has been pulverized.
- spacebanana7 3y agoModern large scale conflicts are still very labour intensive. Israel has a tech-driven/advanced military but is still using hundreds of thousands of troops in Gaza. Ukraine / Russia use even more against each other. The Royal Navy is currently unable to deploy an aircraft carrier to the Red Sea because of staffing issues, despite the UK's $70 billion defence budget. [1] I'd recommend watching Perun's YouTube channel if you're interested in specific labour requirements of militaries [2] [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/12/aircraft-carriers-not-ready-red-sea-navy-recruitment-crisis/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/12/aircraft-carrier... [2] https://www.youtube.com/@PerunAU https://www.youtube.com/@PerunAU
- Simon_ORourke 3y ago> Israel has a tech-driven/advanced military but is still using hundreds of thousands of troops in Gaza. But they're fighting mostly unarmed civilians, and the odd guy with an RPG, rather than any nation state military.
- mlrtime 3y agoIt's ok to say rifleman without the women qualifier. This is a safe space.