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    Ukrainian troops say a ‘droid’ with a .50-cal machine gun held off Russian attacks for 45 days in a row


    Ukrainian troops say a ‘droid’ with a .50-cal machine gun held off Russian attacks for 45 days in a row

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ukrainian-troops-droid-50-cal-084921236.html

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    1. ListoKalisto on

      Who would win, 20 ethnic minority alcoholic “Russians” sent in latest suicide meat wave, or someone with a really good gaming chair and an xbox controller 

    10. jzemeocala on

      Luckily, the kill bots have a preset kill limit.

      So with this in mind you could always just send wave after wave on men until it is reached and shuts down

    12. Getafix69 on

      South Korea has automated sentry guns (Samsung if I remember right) they really remind me of the ones from Aliens.

      I think a pretty good idea if your defending a border but yeah probably pretty hard to put in a friend or foe distinction.

    13. Full-Sound-6269 on

      What kind of battery that beast of a thing has to power these thermal optics, radio connection and how much ammo does it have to hold off for 45 days? Damn.

    29. WelcomeMysterious315 on

      One of the biggest issues with .50 BMG is that the ammo and guns that fire it weigh a lot. if one could shift that weight onto a platform that can handle it without caring much for the mass of the rifle/ammo I can see where that’d immediately prove effective.

      Edit: feel free to discuss the implications of robotic/AI weapons here or elsewhere if you’re inclined.

      You can however miss me with the “I’m mad that AI/robots exist”. Understanding the utility doesn’t mean I support AI weapons.

    38. LastAzzBender on

      The brutality needed to win a war, especially in today is unimaginable for the west. That’s why the Israel/Palestine conflict looked so brutal. Russia, if they are serious about their conflict needs to step it up or just give up. Right now they are just wasting lives. (Context I’m glad Russia is not)

    43. Oregon_trail5 on

      What happens when countries no longer need to worry about their own soldiers dying? The general public won’t even remotely care about us waging war as long as prices don’t go upÂ