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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by SavantIdiot on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:02PM (#26457288)
There's a funny Asimov short story about improving technology for guided missiles. The solution: put a pilot in each guided missle. The entire story is tongue-in-cheek, but characterizes the ebb and flow between ethics and military technology.
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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by vijayr02 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:43PM (#26458949)
If people are interested, the story is “The Feeling of Power” [0]. I remember reading this as a child and feeling a profound feeling of sadness. Now I tell myself I’m older and more cynical, but being reminded of it brought a rush of those feelings back... human memory is a strange thing.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power

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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by holbue on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:19PM (#26457439)
I didn't know about the story yet, but the reality was already very close to that terrible scenario: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349 (One of the launch sites is quite close to where I live)
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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by ceejayoz on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:24PM (#26457487)
That looks like the pilot was intended to survive.

A better comparison would be the Japanese approach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by evgen on Sunday March 14, 2021 @06:05PM (#26459809)
More specifically, the Ohka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY-7_Ohka
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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by owyn on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:13PM (#26457380)
Back in WW2 the US worked on pigeon guided bombs but it never got very far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
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Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai... by beaconstudios on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:38PM (#26457618)
And the Japanese had torpedoes with actual pilots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiten
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