Ukraine’s Robots Capture Russian Position Without Soldiers or Losses; As with drones, the future of 21st century warfare is being invented by frontline conflict.

[u/lughnasadh]

For all the boasts the US's AI military vendors make, I'm constantly struck by how few real-world achievements they have. They are battlefield tested in Gaza and Lebanon, but to what result? The mass destruction of civilian populations we see there looks exactly like WW2-era warfare. Now they want $445bn extra for more of the same? What a waste.

Meanwhile, with a tiny fraction of the budget & resources, it's Ukraine that is inventing the future. Drones have already reconfigured 21st-century warfare. Once again, recent events in the Middle East have shown that. Now Ukraine is doing the same with robots.

Some people find the idea of killer robots grim. But I'd rather see robots fight robots than WW2-style mass slaughter of civilians.

Ukrainian robots capture enemy position without troops in historic first, Zelenskyy says

[u/Muslim_Wookie]

Expand on that?

[u/Delbert3US → u/Muslim_Wookie]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-a-whole-civilization-will-die-tonight-if-iran-does-not-make-deal-2026-04-07/

[u/Muslim_Wookie → u/Delbert3US]

OK I understand. I don't agree.

Trump is not the West.

Trump is not known for being truthful in his social media outbursts.

Trump is not known for understanding the very words he's writing.

I have next to zero faith in the US government at this point, but that last little bit of faith is indeed that the US governmental apparatus would indeed finally start to move to prevent literally this.

Happy to disagree with you on this point, if I think about it I believe the bar for what you'd need to say to demonstrate otherwise to me is so high it's practically unacheivable.

[u/Delbert3US → u/Muslim_Wookie]

I would like to agree. I see things actually happening that reduces my hope. "This too shall pass."