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Can anyone explain what they're actually thinking? (europe.pub)
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[+] -6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

I think you are confused about who your enemy is and who will get their hands on such drones. Maybe watch "Slaughterbots" on YT.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    How will me not having them prevent my enemy from having them?

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  • [+] -6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    The point is you won't have them. Nor anyone who would use them to defend your interests. Unless, of course, you're the only billionaire lurking here.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    If I'm someone living in Ukraine, I may not personally have military drones but they are working to my advantage. Am I concerned about elites controlling violent tools that average people don't have access to? Yes. Would I take that over an immediate threat of dying in the trenches? Yes. I don't think it's hard to understand Ukraine's line of thought here.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You don't need autonomous kill decisions for that.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Russia is regularly jamming drones in terminal flight. The drones are now able to stay locked onto a target and guide themselves in. This almost completely negates the effectiveness of jamming.

    These drones are critical to stopping the invader.

    If you are upset about it, point your finger at the invader for putting an entire peoples back to the wall while murdering their children.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Now you are moving the goal posts. Being able to stay locked onto a target has nothing to do with autonomous kill decisions.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    It's often both/either. Some have an operator select the target seconds before and it goes in for the final descent automatically. Others have the operator select a list of targets and a geofence at launch. Yet others are automated turrets with a 'shoot in that direction' directive. They are pretty varied.

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