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We are rapidly moving towards the science fiction reality of a large plane flying over a city and dropping thousands of small, cheap, autonomous drones. The dro
by wonderwonder 2y ago
We are rapidly moving towards the science fiction reality of a large plane flying over a city and dropping thousands of small, cheap, autonomous drones. The drones just hunt down all life. Then you just keep the city, infrastructure and all.
- Intralexical 2y agoHow would these drones deal with people who reside inside buildings which have physically enclosed interior spaces, such as houses, apartments, tenements, or large sheds and tents?
- themadturk 2y agoUnless special preparations are made, city-dwellers have to come out sometime, don't they?
- Intralexical 2y agoI suppose the military will just wait patiently for their citizens to be starved out by quadcopters.
- wonderwonder 2y agoGenerally if an enemies large slow military transport plane is flying over your city, your military is already losing.
- wonderwonder 2y agoOne suicide explosive drone opens a hole, the next goes into it.
- shostack 2y agoWhen you think about Russia and China and not adhering to international law, you could imagine a total war scenario where they use chemical and biological weapons to do just this. Imagine a drone force deploying over a city at night, dispersing the agents into the air and water. People would never know what hit them.