now do you see why we need a global ban on cartoons
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i'm going to start PETA but for spider tanks & i'm gonna be a spider tank cat lady with my rescues
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I think it's much more likely that swarming drones will dominate future urban battlefields due to IED tech dev outpacing armor tech dev
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yeah, when you put it that way that sounds hella likely poor mecha doomed to just be a pork barrel for General Dynamics Land Systems and a parade attraction
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we've had flying killer robots going after ppl based on metadata for years - why is the tank version going to not suck?
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flying killer robots are still bottlenecked by satellite data bandwidth, at least until we start letting them make autonomous kill decisions
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Only if they are less dense than water or otherwise have large feet. Otherwise ground pressure will be a bitch.
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We're making progress on the feet issue, but there is a lot of work to be done. Fact is that legs can handle certain kinds of terrain.
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Namely swamps and rocky places.
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OR FUCKING STAIRS
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If it can't go up stairs or otherwise stand on rooftops, it's worthless in urban combat.
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You know what they call something that can only move on streets in a city? Mobility killed.
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I guess mechs as such may not be practical; something more akin to "power armor" seems more practical.
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