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[–] Owl@hexbear.net 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago

I don't know, but it probably needs technical support.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

self-driving F-250 with shotgun-equipped turret

That's just a drone on wheels. A land drone.

Capitalist innovation.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

"unmanned ground vehicle" i'm sure it won't be surprising to you to learn that the pioneer in their use is the IOF where they have little tractors carrying extra ammo and shit.

[–] scrungus@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago
[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah but this appears to be a belt fed shotgun! Srsly though if someone hacked that together already I wanna see it.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

gau8.jpg

"This is the kind of gun they used to put ~~PLANES~~ TRUCKS on."

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 32 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Can't wait for one of these things to somehow malfunction and shoot down a friendly helicopter or some shit

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

Oh, they WILL "malfunction" and kill civilians instead.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

Or just flat out not be as successful as they want it to be

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago

think-mark technical

Look what they have to do to achieve a fraction of your power

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

9 Mothers is a real weird name for a defense contractor.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The ten* million dollar technical.

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*Final cost each: ~$50 million

[–] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

Pentagon will use a Buy here Pay here dealer to roll their old Humvee loans into this one.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

Best part is you just know the troops right now are thinking they'll be the first generation to find out if this works

[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

This is so stupid, so much so that it might even get a few orders

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

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[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Seems like a solid counter, guess we'll find out!

[–] shawarma@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why not get the anti-drone turret working before you try to throw self driving in the mix?

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

you volunteering to drive the anti-drone truck that only starts shooting once the drone is within 100m best case scenario?