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[โ€“] TraumaDumpling@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

it wouldnt cost 20 million if it werent for MIC grifting, one of those tanks could take out a swarm of cheap drones with an autocannon burst of airbust shells. Drones are not going to replace tanks and infantry, they are simply going to change how they are built and used, and what weapons and engineering features are considered necessary. Like airplanes didn't completely remove the need for naval power, it just made aircraft carriers important instead of destroyers. it is ignorant tech hype to assume that the Current Trending Thing is going to be the be-all end-all of warfare, there is no reason to believe that. Drones are going to be a part of warfare, they are not going to replace it.

[โ€“] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

a huge metal can will be very expensive no matter what. tanks don't make much economic sense anymore.