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Answer by Senor Barborito 04/29/2003, 8:08am PDT
E. L. Koba wrote:

Chairman Mao wrote:

Ray, of Light wrote:

Explain, please, to me the lack of unmanned ... anything in the modern battlefield. Crewless tanks or aircraft would permit designs and tactics that aren't otherwise feasible, and (it seems to me) would offer more offense per dollar/hour/cu.ft of carrier space/litre of oil/whatever.


That's one of the plans for the FCV/FCS. It will supposedly consist of a system of a manned armoured vehicle, small robot drone vehicles of various locomotion, and possibly several large semi-autonomous gun carriages. To what extent all of that will materialize is anyone's guess, but its coming.


I'm not sure the infantry (or the human tankers for that matter) will be too keen on working in close quarters with a AI controlled machines with large weapons. Do you really want Superfly and Mikiko to be your backup when your life is on the line?

At least with human operators, if your radio is jammed or broken you can waive (we still learn all our hand and arm signals for everything), or, god forbid, get of your tank to go talk to someone. They don't just default to crush-kill-destroy mode.

I think it's good research, but most of it won't see the light of day. The marines are already using a battalion level drone (Dragon eye?) to scout out ahead of the forward elements. And the 10th mt and Rangers were using the iRobot pakbot dealie in Afganistan also as a scout in the villages. Don't know if they got much use in Iraq though. The problem with any sort of robot is that it's very very very hard to even manuver on the ground compared to the air, and the Army can't dedicate a whole satelite to each drone like the airforce can. One of the Airforces big coups during Iraq was that they managed to fly two predators at the same time! The Army couldn't give a flying fuck about only 2 of anything. They need 200 or 2000.


The best answers are the obvious ones:

a) Redundancy - have multiple backups for every communication system and have multiple methods of communication installed
b) Good Defaults - don't go into attack mode unless confirmed by a human operator or until the upcoming Robo-4-Star-General 9000 (don't laugh, it'll happen) gets the 'Go' signal.
c) Frequent Inspections - routine carrier/no carrier checks on every communications link - every 10ms, maybe
d) Testosterone-Free Crisis Management - Have one of the other communication systems inform the repair bots the MINUTE one antenna for Type A communications goes out. Have it Red-Flag when they all go. When all ability to communicate is lost, go into a passive 'get the hell out of there' mode (IOW Heroes sold seperately) - this also requires navigation by non-GPS means
e) Modularity - Make repair easier and faster for those repair bots. Communications Subsystem Type A Transmitter 1 AND its armor plate snap in, snap out except in the case of major hull damage (warping of frame)

--SB
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                        Re: More money, but less blowing shit up. by E. L. Koba 04/25/2003, 11:11pm PDT NEW
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                                    I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by Chairman Mao 04/28/2003, 10:09pm PDT NEW
                                        Re: I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by E. L. Koba 04/28/2003, 11:42pm PDT NEW
                                            Speaking of by Ray, of Light 04/28/2003, 11:59pm PDT NEW
                                                What happens when they shoot off your antenna/camera/whatever with small arms? NT by Entropy Stew 04/29/2003, 12:03am PDT NEW
                                                Re: Speaking of by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 12:09am PDT NEW
                                                    I'm still waiting for spider mines NT by Entropy Stew 04/29/2003, 12:11am PDT NEW
                                                        or terror drones by FABIO 04/29/2003, 1:05am PDT NEW
                                                        Would jumping spider mines fit the bill? by Forensic 04/29/2003, 7:02pm PDT NEW
                                                            Superpower prepares weapons, Register horrified, film at 11. by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 7:18pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: Speaking of by E. L. Koba 04/29/2003, 3:27am PDT NEW
                                                        Answer by Senor Barborito 04/29/2003, 8:08am PDT NEW
                                                            Stealing your idea below and adding it as point 6 by Senor Barborito 04/29/2003, 8:24am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: Speaking of by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 1:58pm PDT NEW
                                            Re: I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 12:24am PDT NEW
                                                Re: I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by E. L. Koba 04/29/2003, 3:42am PDT NEW
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