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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by gaukes on Thursday June 04, 2020 @09:28PM (#23424098)
Also, what number of drones. At why point does a swarm become a WMD?

To me, it’s more about intelligence than numbers. You could have a single rocket but if it’s smart enough to evade enemy defenses, that rocket could level a city.

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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by gonzo41 on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:25AM (#23425069)
Only if that rocket had a nuclear bomb on it. You'd be surprised how not powerful individual bits of munitions are. Sure a 2000 pound bomb sounds scary. But they work really well against point targets. Cities are not point targets.

https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/air-s...

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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by gowld on Thursday June 04, 2020 @09:49PM (#23424204)
How could a non-nuclear rocket do that?
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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by arethuza on Friday June 05, 2020 @04:07AM (#23426161)
You'd need an awful lot of them - London had about 500 hits by German V2 rockets which didn't have any appreciable impact on the course of the war.
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