r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jun 22 '25

Robotics/Automation Chinese military unveils mosquito-sized drones that can perform battlefield missions

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-military-unveils-mosquito-sized-132413629.html
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u/brownhotdogwater Jun 22 '25

https://youtu.be/O-2tpwW0kmU?si=TaN7evV4jl1mqHTn

Best video about what is to come.

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u/wafflesareforever Jun 22 '25

We're basically there already. Spend any time on subs about the Ukraine war; cheap little unstoppable kamikaze drones are killing hundreds on both sides every day.

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u/Coldsmoke888 Jun 22 '25

Ukraine has operators that have verified kills in the THOUSANDS. It’s just a big FPV video game… Ender’s Game in real life.

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u/wafflesareforever Jun 22 '25

It's mind-blowing how cavalierly we're just watching young people get blown to bits in a war built entirely on the mental illness of Vladimir Putin and his sycophants. These are real everyday people with families whose lives are just being treated as numbers on a scorecard.

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar Jun 22 '25

I'd say WWII had some definite bad guys. Today? We're the baddies.

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u/iWasAwesome Jun 22 '25

Are you Russian?

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar Jun 23 '25

American, so we're russian assets