Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai...
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:26PM
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> Landmines work by the same principle
Not really. Mine fields are not certain death. They don’t always have the opportunity to announce themselves. Guns on automated fire control have the option of announcing themselves prior to engaging. They can also be turned off, something not easy to do with mines.
It’s painful but necessary to note that Hamas have a track record of weaponising children [1]. A child approaching the border is thus not guaranteed safe, and could reasonably be fired upon by a human or a gun on automated fire control. (Not arguing for killing kids. Just that “kids could get killed” isn’t an effective argument against this weapons platform.)
War is terrible. I don’t think automatic guns make it significantly more terrible. (Landmines do.)
Not really. Mine fields are not certain death. They don’t always have the opportunity to announce themselves. Guns on automated fire control have the option of announcing themselves prior to engaging. They can also be turned off, something not easy to do with mines.
It’s painful but necessary to note that Hamas have a track record of weaponising children [1]. A child approaching the border is thus not guaranteed safe, and could reasonably be fired upon by a human or a gun on automated fire control. (Not arguing for killing kids. Just that “kids could get killed” isn’t an effective argument against this weapons platform.)
War is terrible. I don’t think automatic guns make it significantly more terrible. (Landmines do.)
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_child_suicide_bombers...