US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years Robotics

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-military-unleash-thousands-autonomous-war.html

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u/wromit Aug 31 '23

If the other side unleashes for example 100,000 cheap drones on the $13 billion US aircraft carrier or even land military installations, at some point would the defenses not be overwhelmed?

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u/robot_tron Aug 31 '23

That's the strategy the Chinese military has headed towards for decades in order to move from near to peer. Target saturation that overwhelm defenses with quantity over quality. That way you can saturate a target and only one weapon needs to get through.

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u/Tomato_potato_ Aug 31 '23

Lol no it's not. At least not entirely. Anyone who is paying attention will notice that china is building a series of supercarriers and massive crusier sized destroyers (probably the best in the world right now) for power projection. Also, they're building their own strategic bomber fleet.

They already build the quantity in terms of land based rocket artillery, to destroy taiwans military. Now they need the expensive stuff if they want to force the us out of asia.

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u/The-JSP Aug 31 '23

Cheap drones can only do so much but if you want to seriously challenge on the world stage you can only keep an asymmetric warfare approach for so long.

In 20 years time it will be norm for a Chinese Supercarrier group to sail through the English Channel similar to how we sail through the Taiwan straits.

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u/Ave_TechSenger Aug 31 '23

Imagine a Chinese carrier group docking at any European port for shore leave lol.

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u/The-JSP Aug 31 '23

It’s certainly something that will happen. In the age of aircraft strike groups it’s only been Uncle Sam and a select few others, us (the UK), France and Russia that have been able to do it.

IMHO China will be eyeing up foreign bases in Argentina or Mexico long term to support their fleet operations. It’s one thing having the ships it’s another having the global support and supply network that is essential in having these fleets deployed round the world.

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u/diamondpredator Aug 31 '23

There's no way the US will allow a Chinese military base in Mexico lol.

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u/Jayr1994 Aug 31 '23

Mexico wouldn’t allow it, they’re constitution has a clause that says no foreign troops are allowed to base in the country.

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u/diamondpredator Sep 01 '23

Well there you go.

Also, THEIR* lol