Video: https://files.catbox.moe/2waf1b.mp4

Source: https://t.me/RBC_ua_news/70248

Translation:

🔥 In Ukraine, a kamikaze ground robot was created for the Armed Forces: how it is used by the military

Brave1 developers have created a new technology for the Ukrainian military - the ground-based kamikaze robot Ratel S. It allows you to hit enemy targets from a safe distance.

This kamikaze robot is capable of carrying anti-tank mines or a combat module at a speed of 24 km/h. In addition, it can travel a distance of 6 km and remotely blow up an enemy tank or dugout.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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    Zerg rush incoming. Also there is no way this tech is not going to be used for terror once they get stolen or sold.

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      What’s stopping it now? All you’d need is a RC chassis, some sort of explosive, and a basic AI (drive here, blow up)

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      At the scale of war, something purpose-built like this is helpful because it’s customized and standardized for exactly what they want it to do. But if it would really be that helpful for individual acts of terror, I think we’d have seen rudimentary versions by now. If terrorists haven’t been using RC cars or rovers already, I don’t think this is enough of a jump in tech to make them start.

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      I believe it’s still better than mining fields which would kill civilians in peace time afterwards.

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        It’s possible that Ukraine is using Russian mines that they’ve removed from fields. If so, it’d be the opposite.

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          Mines are cheap enough. Also, don’t they detonate the mines to clean them? Basically all mine clearance videos I’ve seen in my life detonated the mines.

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            Could be. I’ve seen video of someone in Vietnam clearing mines, and they just did it with a knife. Didn’t detonate the thing.

            I’d assume that anti-tank mines, unless they have anti-handling mechanisms designed to target people disarming them, probably won’t go off on a person.

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      The sooner the battlefield is turned into nothing but a bunch of unmanned gizmos reenacting a GTA Online battle royale, the better.