Ukraine’s All-Robot Assault Force Just Won Its First Battle
Ukraine’s All-Robot Assault Force Just Won Its First Battle
It’s an ominous development for Russia. But not necessarily a decisive one.
Summary
Ukraine’s 13th National Guard Brigade conducted its first all-robot assault, using ground and aerial drones to clear Russian positions in Kharkiv Oblast.
The operation involved surveillance, explosive, and gun-armed robots, demonstrating Ukraine’s advanced military robotics.
While robots excel in surveillance and attack, their limitations in holding ground, particularly against jamming and maintenance challenges, underscore the continued importance of human infantry.
This is the first bold step toward fighting wars the way God intended: with giant robots on the moon.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
The article discusses an unarmored Russian assault, nothing new about drone warfare.
Wrong link.
I’m guessing it’s this one from !world@quokk.au
Thanks. I’ve fixed the link.
Might be the wrong article or the title is wrong
Yeah, it's happening.
A few years ago, I was tripping and had this idea that the future of war would essentially be conducted by nerds controlling robots in command centers, far away from the actual conflict.
The thing is, once the war was lost, the nerds would know that the enemy robots are going to come crashing through their walls at any moment to tear at their fleshy bits.
I very much like Ukraine and hope they win. I cheer them on for every victory I hear about.
But this robot soldier bullshit is something I really fucking hate.
Once you remove the human cost of war, you remove any motivation to stop war. I learned this as a kid from Star Trek S01E23 - A Taste of Armageddon
You'll be glad to hear tens of thousands of people have already died in this war then, including innocent men, women and children. Many were tortured and/or raped first. So the human cost is absolutely massive already. No amount of robots can undo it. Hope to have eased your fears a bit.
Firstly, Ukraine is fighting an invading force by a ruthless dictator and they're outgunned. Taking the moral high ground and refusing to use the latest technology is the worst possible idea.
Secondly, there was still a human cost. Just not on the Ukrainian side.
Thirdly, they absolutely have a motivation to stop: when Russia leaves.
Fourthly, you need to re-watch that episode because it was about the Cold War. The idea was two equal powers were fighting a war that wouldn't end and no one was the invading party because there was no invasion.
Im not really sure how you think this is going to work. Do you think people like Putin care how many provincial kids he sends to their death? Maybe his oligarch buddies lay awake at night pondering the terrible human cost of their actions, considering all the compromises they might be willing to make in order alleviate this terrible suffering? Maybe the people of Moscow are just a few hundred thousand more pointless deaths away from saying enough is enough, and dragging their leaders into the streets?
I hear your point loud and clear, even if some people don’t. Using anonymous killing machines also removes the danger to whomever controls the robots.
Veterans come home and talk about the horrors of war. Robots don’t.