[ExI] we all knew this was coming

[William Flynn Wallace]

I think just about every military person would shun landing on a beach
these days.  Wars with rifles should be a thing of the past whether by
dogs, AIs, or people.  Except for small wars, I reckon.
Burn a few of the enemy from orbit and the rest will scatter (or develop
mirror shields like in the OT).  Yeah, no one wants to militarize space,
but it's coming whether we like it or not.   bill w

On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 10:48 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> They’re putting guns on robot dogs now
> It was only a matter of time
> By James Vincent  Oct 14, 2021
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> You have perhaps seen video or re-enactments of the D-day landings on
> Omaha Beach.  Imagine what that would have looked like had the invasion
> commenced an hour after dusk and landing craft came ashore disgorging
> boatload after boatload of heavily armed robo-dogs which would calmly walk
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> of countries capable of that kind of manufacturing volume has only one:
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