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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 36 points 1 month ago

Drones OP. Can't even play my melee build anymore. :(

[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The only legitimate reason to train like this is to flash your chesticles at wallmart. (I'm trying to think of an American place where to flash your chesticles and all I got was wallmart)

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You can't successfully invade a country with drones and bombs. You need boots on the ground.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That really remains to be seen, and it depends on your objective. Drones can do the precision ops bombs can't that used to be reserved by troops. Really there's not a lot of reason to waste hundreds of thousands per soldier when most of not all objectives can be handled without near human presence.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on the objective. Invading a country? Drones is nothing more than a cheap air coverage.

You can send a zillion drones into battle, but the country isn't yours until you have boots on the ground and setup a foothold on the land you want to claim.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm pretty sure being able to kill anyone that dissents at any time in any situation overcomes the need for boots on the ground even in an invasion or complete takeover scenario – and drone warfare has reached that stage.

[–] nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jamming radio is pretty basic, and then the drones are useless. Unless the operator is close enough so the drone can be controlled by a cable, or visual signals

[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lemme introduce you to our autonomous drones: no human error involved, faster reaction time and higher precision.

[–] nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice! It makes me feel so much better, if the error that gets me killed is not human error

[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Drones can't establish a new base on captured land. Boots are the only ones that can.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

You don't really need that, you need control of an area. That's why you put a base down. Drones can control an area without said base.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

You're thinking too small.

Small combat drone comes in, clears the area of The Enemy™ (results may vary, consult your user manual for assistance). Then, the large, base establishment drones enter and set up base operations, of course fully operated remotely. Repair and maintenance drones then enter the scene to ensure full operation.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The boots on the ground are the ones controlling these drones though. And if the other boots on the ground have no counter to drones they will be decimated.

The footage coming out of Ukraine is insane. I know that this video is heavily biased towards one side but look at the kind of intelligence these drones are providing:

https://youtu.be/Ay3ocAvZeQ8

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the Russians might have a better time of it if they stopped having the flags hover over them all the time. I’m pretty sure Americans invading Canada would suppress that shit.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

gd 3d spotting, it's not fair.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

Defensively drones are great since your objective isn't too claim land. If your intent is to claim land, you need boots on the ground to claim land.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Empty boots, with smoke still emanating from them.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

ASSAULT RUNNER ELITE

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My feet hurt just thinking about running in those boots more than 5 minutes.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Those are fancy boots. They're basically sneakers, super lightweight. Can't tell what brand but I know Nike and Oakley make boots like em.