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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Tanks are going the way of the battleship

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

They been that way since probably vietnam, but the MIC exists to transfer public funds to private executives, not to build effective armed forces.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This is quite the turning point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Seriously, just a quiet quad copter with a fairly sensitive microphone can hear these things from miles away.

Turbine engines in tracked vehicles have a very distinctive sound.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

War becoming cheaper to wage as these machines become obsolete is good news for the Proletariat.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Conversely - those FPVs and quads with thermals that drop grenades are a pretty bad news for the proletariat

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Soon it'll be drone vs drone, with the operators working at home chasing each other with FPV goggles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

If only. But methinks a drone is a more difficult target than people trying to hide from them

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How long before Iran is sending missiles toward Israel that are equipped with anti-anti-missile missiles? Then it's an anti-missile arms race all the way down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

You mean like a false target? Pretty sure ICBMs at least have those already, specifically to ensure payload is not intercepted