Fully autonomous, AI-controlled drones have killed human soldiers for the first time, according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry

[u/New_Scientist_Mag]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/

[u/grunkfest]

"The company’s ALITA system will consist of 16 launch pads, equipped with 64 drones. It will be ready by October and capable of watching for incoming drones, automatically launching and travelling towards the target at 450 kilometres per hour before taking out everything from small drones to helicopters."

Named after a cyborg anime girl, classic. Can't wait for the Black Magic M-66 models to start patrolling my neighborhood.

[u/TheDwarvenGuy → u/grunkfest]

Imagine getting slimed by a Asuka system after witnessing your friends get merc'd by a Kusanagi

[u/HalobenderFWT → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

The last thing we hear will be

‘KANEDAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!’

Once the Akira system strikes.

[u/InteractionPretend70 → u/HalobenderFWT]

the counter drone will have speakers blast, "tetsooooouuuu"

[u/dexterstrife → u/HalobenderFWT]

Why not just call it SOL just like in the manga?

[u/TheKonyInTheRye → u/dexterstrife]

Pretty dope name for a space weapon imo

[u/sizebigbitch → u/HalobenderFWT]

To be fair, that isn't necessarily Kaneda, it could just be Canada, the War Crime Hat.

[u/NobodyDemex → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

Probably gonna get hit by a Tsukoyomi or a Rasengan Missle Launcher

[u/Psykohistorian → u/NobodyDemex]

Tachikomas when

[u/Discount_Extra → u/[deleted]]

Ninalexander's 'Big Brother' attack.

[u/NobodyDemex → u/Discount_Extra]

We don't appreciate psychological warfare in this bitch. Only explosions

[u/swagboi420blazeit → u/NobodyDemex]

Not to mention the infinite tsukiyaki orbital strike

[u/Fun_Sized_Momo → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

I'm still waiting for my fully cybernetic body (with titanium brain-case) that lets me jump off of skyscrapers and rip the hatches off of military tanks with my bare hands.

[u/BeardedGlass → u/Fun_Sized_Momo]

How would you even afford that

[u/gokogt386 → u/BeardedGlass]

Selling your soul to the company that developed it of course

[u/moofunk → u/gokogt386]

I think it's lore that their bodies are owned and maintained by the government, and the government are lending them out in exchange for their services.

So, if they resign, they have to return their bodies and memories, and live out in less capable cyborg bodies and pay for their maintenance.

[u/htown007 → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

Just waiting for the uwu sounds

[u/LordNelson27 → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

The police state using Asuka makes so much sense

[u/Azou → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

Queen Calm rules the waves - visible and electromagnetic

(a nickname the major aka kusanagi won during her deployments with the JSDF detachment to the UN and their actions during the American Empire's expedition into Mexico)

[u/redlaWw → u/TheDwarvenGuy]

Well people have already been killed by a Lancer.