• aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Helicopters and close air support (like the A-10 aircraft) usually. And artillery and mortars.

    But if you're dealing with a near peer enemy, they have those things too. So it basically turns into WW1 with airstrikes in place of trenches as the main cause of death until someone gets air superiority.

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Loitering munitions aka suicide drones are for when you don't have complete air superiority but can still fly something up for 10-15 minutes.

      The US has over a dozen loitering munition systems in public knowledge, but not all of them have deployed in actual combat.

      Turkey, Russia, Israel, and France make some as well.

      EDIT: Yep, Biden is going to give Ukraine Switchblade 300 600 drones. These can take out tanks in 20km 40 km+ radius.

      https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-asks-biden-admin-armed-234550236.html

      https://www.army-technology.com/projects/switchblade-tactical-missile-system/

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        These things scare the shit out of me. It's a hop-skip-jump from loitering anti-tank munitions to declaring a curfew then having a robot shoot anything with a thermal signature.

        • cawsby [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          They have those too. South Korea has automatic turrets along certain corridors in the DMZ.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          Civilian police already do this, and they're a hell of a lot cheaper and more prolific than flying robots.

          Civilian police also have the advantage of a highly advanced processing system (ie, human brain) that allows them to distinguish between "poor black guy in a wheel chair who was coming right at me!!!" and "rich white lady in an SUV who can do whatever she likes because she pays my salary".