• NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 days ago

    CIWS, Iron Dome, the KARGU from Turkey… Hell you could call mines autonomous if you stretched the definition enough. The cats been out of the bag for years and pretending a smaller nation playing catch-up is a world changing moral issue is just naive.

    Yes, I pointed at defensive examples. There’s zero reason why similar platforms couldn’t be offensively used. The tech is here, it’s been here, and just like every other weapon humanity has ever created ignoring it is counterproductive.

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      11 days ago

      Mines are actually a great example, killing indiscriminately long after the war is over. Now we’re getting flying mines and we can all regret it when it’s too late.

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      And yet they are the first to use it offensively. It’s not my problem you fail to see the escalation that this invites. Good luck when the drones are coming for you.

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        Brimstone missiles exist; a missile which picks its target itself. Ukraine is not the first country to do this.

        Furthermore, if you want the killing to stop, point your finger at the invader, Russia.

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          Ukraine is literally the first country to use autonomous drones to kill soldiers, full stop. This is an escalation with no ceiling. I invite you to reread this comment in one year. Further, Russia wouldn’t have invaded if Ukraine wasn’t ethnically cleansing Russian speakers within its borders, and not building an army on its border with Russia. Fuck Russia, but fuck the Nazis in Ukraine even harder.