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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 41 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

You know...as the battlefield becomes ever more automated, there might be a very brief window where the winged hussars could make a comeback.

Let's say you have a battlefield riddled with smart drones. They have image recognition and immediately attack anything resembling a tank or other military asset. Do you think anyone bothered to program the drones to seek out and attack a unit outfit like 18th century Polish cavalry? A charge on horseback just might be able to ride completely undisturbed through the right kind of drone-controlled battlefield.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

and you just fucking ruined what would have been the coolest thing ever by putting it in public!

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 20 minutes ago

COMING DOWN THEY TURNED THE TIDE

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

Ukranian drones are already equipped to target the latest Russian logistic vehicles, donkeys.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago
[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

They would be programmed to kill anything that moved just to be sure they get everything. They will be deployed like mine fields except the owners could disable them to move through the drone field.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago

Okay well I'm just going to air blast gravel at them then.

Or you could just get a big block of lead and mount it on a remote controlled chassis and just drive it around. At 6 mi an hour.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Do you want your drones to burn through their numbers attacking deer and birds? That's what happens if you set them to attack anything.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 18 minutes ago

I can see the Onion headline: High-Tech Warfare not as simple as military genius on the internet thought

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago

The moment they are activated they'll just blow each other up. Could be fun to watch.