• DadWagonDriver@lemm.ee
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    3 years ago

    The use of drones in this war is fascinating from afar.

    From an American perspective, I keep seeing calls from extremists for a new civil war, and it terrifies me because weaponry like this means shit will go poorly for civilians VERY quickly, even without going nuclear. I imagine that all these kids and young adults who think that playing CoD prepared them for actual war will be in for a big, brief surprise when a drone just deletes them while being operated by some guy in, like, Nevada.

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      3 years ago

      Eh drone is just cost effective version of CAS. I think most modern jets bomber/fighter could carry out precision strikes without you ever seeing or hearing them.

      Or going in loud and proud A10 style also works, that shit is scarier lol

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      3 years ago

      Or get chased around by explosive FPV drones and Ali-express quadcopters dropping grenades.

      And that’s before someone with more resources than Ukraine inevitably makes an airplane load of these things that just automatically go for anything vaguely human shaped.

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        3 years ago

        Maybe AliExpress drones is scarier, the fact that it’s so harmless and so lethal is equally scary 😂😂😂

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      3 years ago

      I take want to see a bunch of Trumpers on mobility scooters waving AR-15s take on the US army. It’ll be hilarious.