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flotsam

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7. Unless the aircraft is armor plated the scenario is absurd.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 04:02 PM

Sep 2020

Troop carriers of any kind are prime targets and thin-skinned aircraft are the prime target you would least like to be forced to stay in-an unarmored flying gas tank with extreme poor visibility of the surrounding hostile area. Any sane soldier would rather lie prone on the open tarmac (outside the blast perimeter if the plane were to explode) and then
either run or low crawl to cover...

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Robot dogs join US Air Force exercise giving glimpse at potential battlefield of the future [View all] mfcorey1 Sep 2020 OP

Oh, please. How insulting to refer to these giant metal insect-looking robots as dogs... hlthe2b Sep 2020 #1

Agreed. crickets Sep 2020 #4

What could go wrong? (Warning: gruesome) soothsayer Sep 2020 #2

That episode stuck with me alphafemale Sep 2020 #5

Yes indeed. Same soothsayer Sep 2020 #6

We are so clever at inventing tools of war, and so deficient in the practice of peace. Chainfire Sep 2020 #3

Unless the aircraft is armor plated the scenario is absurd. flotsam Sep 2020 #7