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[โ€“] 16 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Not going to lie. I believed it and thought 'wow between this and the knife missile that greatly reduces civilian casualties Rathiyon are probably most morally upstanding war profiteirs of our era'

now I am just disappointed

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  • [โ€“] 19 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    The knife missile was actually kinda awesome in its own way tbh. Ridiculous precision for super long distance murder with as few casualties as possible.

    It's also frightening that it exists.

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    the knife missile is so emblematic of the entire military industrial complex. can't stop engaging in unnecessary resource wars due to unnecessary casualties. instead, the military industrial complex will develop and sell a product to allow the killing of specific people in public spaces. and the more you think about the idea of being at a produce stand and someone standing next to you turning into a fine red mist, never to exist in physical space again, the more distopian it seems.

    it reminds me of the episode of star trek where they encounter a planet that has eliminated war via coordinated computer simulations and voluntary genocides.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Knife missiles are real things?? Scary stuff. I'm about half way through the Culture series at the moment, never heard of them before..

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    It's the Hellfire AGM-114R-9X

    A while back it was used to kill some dude without the other people in the same house being collateral damage, so it got meme status for a while.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Question. Are the knives really needed? I feel like getting hit with what is essentially a 5 foot long, 7 inch wide bullet, travelling at mach 1 would prove to be equally efficient at killing single targets, as strapping knives to it.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago

    it reduces the risk of missing because the target bent over to pick up a quarter, or stepped to the side because they saw something interesting. the knives in question are basically swords that deploy radially from the missile body like an umbrella.

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