• @PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      75 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.

  • D61 [any]
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    85 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.

  • NuraShiny [any]
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    85 months ago

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

      • @redcalcium
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        55 months ago

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

        • @blterrible@lemmy.ml
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          -15 months ago

          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.

          • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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            45 months ago

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