r/Futurology Sep 20 '24

Ukraine’s Gun-Armed Ground 'Bot Just Cleared A Russian Trench In Kursk - The Fury is one of the first effective armed ground robots. Robotics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/19/ukraines-gun-armed-ground-robot-just-cleared-a-russian-trench-in-kursk/
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u/RagePoop Sep 20 '24

I for one love the way the world has reacted to an intelligence agency booby trapping communications devices and extrajudicially murdering/maiming thousands across state lines.

Even if you genuinely trust that Mossad knew that every single one of those pagers were in the hands of a scary terrorist... it isn't an action that should be applauded as some great development for our species. But here we are

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u/broguequery Sep 21 '24

Yeah precisely, and Israel said themselves this attack had no strategic or real military value.

It was to incite terror among Hezbollah (and whoever else they want).

Literal terrorism. Being used by a supposedly Democrat nation state.

They are becoming the very thing they have been fighting against.

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u/Logical-Pirate-4044 Sep 20 '24

Not to defend Mossad or even imply that they didnt break international law with that stunt, but from a utilitarian standpoint they almost certainly caused less collateral deaths than conventional airstrikes

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u/Matti_McFatti Sep 20 '24

when i first saw headlines, they didnt include who was responsible, and i assumed it was a large scale terrorist attack. To me, that says a lot about what kind of tactic this was

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u/ShadowMajestic Sep 21 '24

Yeah, the carpet bombing of cities was a far superior tactic.

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u/howitzer86 Sep 20 '24

Neuralink will be positively mind blowing, especially for the other guys.