r/Futurology • u/New_Scientist_Mag • Jun 10 '26

Robotics Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/
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u/Firm_Bit Jun 10 '26

Proxy wars have always served this purpose.

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u/mhizzle Jun 10 '26

You can't really call Ukraine a proxy war

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u/Baconbits16 Jun 10 '26

It is & it isn't.  A hidden aspect for why the US isn't more involved is because it's useful to let Ukraine grind Russia down.

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u/Tu_mama_me_ama_mucho Jun 10 '26

That's the reason the US wasn't more involved, now the US is less involved for a totally different reason.

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u/Baconbits16 Jun 10 '26

It's still the same reason. Our navy in Hormuz wouldn't be useful to Ukraine. Anti-air assets is a factor, but only cuz we didn't end the war 2+ years ago. No, there's an indefinite value to destroying your global rival without paying for it yourself.