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If you truly wanted to do this, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has already proven that you can drop bombs via drones with pinpoint accuracy for dirt cheap. If som
by busterarm 1y ago
If you truly wanted to do this, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has already proven that you can drop bombs via drones with pinpoint accuracy for dirt cheap.
If somebody's going to work on something a million times more the cost and a similar fractional multiple of the effectiveness, maybe you can take them at face value that they're not building a murderbot (at least not by design).
- SketchySeaBeast 1y ago> at face value Freaky baby face value.
- MSFT_Edging 1y ago> something a million times more the cost and a similar fractional multiple of the effectiveness I assure you that drone warfare isnt cutting down on any r&d budget at the pentagon. the whole point is to spend that money.
- busterarm 1y agoAnd the first line in the article here says that this is being developed by a university in Italy. "The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is primarily funded by the Italian State but also receives significant funding from European Union research programs, such as the European Research Council (ERC) and Horizon Europe". No pentagon money here.