Message from @Bookworm
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it is less of a stretch in a sci-fi setting, tho
a 50 bmg assualt rifle would be the coolest thing ever
since we're doing exoskeletons and such, it makes sense to throw in some AI-assisted sensors too, IR at the very least but perhaps even a portable radar, AI pings alerts for potential targets and the soldier can then verify that it's a valid target, let the AI help with aim-assist, and you can actually hit that target you've spotted a mile or two away
that wouldn't really be possible with a man-portable gatling
yeah but if you got your nice suit with ai and such why shouldnt i invest in an EMP device and disable your suit and take you prisonor
Obviously you harden this stuff.
EMP like that isn't a real thing
or even worse i hack a bunch of suits that are supposed to guard the president at that moment and make them shoot everyone on sight
Yeah, just like you hack a battleship and make them detonate their missiles.
hacking doesn't work that way, either. obviously a military suit would have no external connection other than radio
youd be suprised
this is all still hypothetical
And in this hypothetical world, military strategists and engineers have centuries of highly refined military precedent to design technology.
Which means not leaving backdoors open for Achmed the Precocious Terrorist to hack a tank with his Apple II.
i dont think there would be tanks in this hypothetical world as infantry will get the ability to carry way stronger weapons making tanks almost useless for combat
if your run of the mill infantryman can carry a superpowerfull AT rocket why would you risk sending in a tank?
you would need extremely heavy tanks to withstand these powerfull weapons which will inevidably lead to you needing to cut down on other areas like mobility or armament
but to take one thing at a time, magical EMP that disables all electronics in range isn't a real thing. You could make one if you just up the voltage to silly level, but stuff can be hardened to resist, and all military tech will be, so we reach a point where instead of dragging fuckhuge batteries and stuff around it's cheaper and more efficient to just carry a gun you shoot high-speed pieces of metal at your enemy instead
well that is the problem nobody will take a step back
and we are very close to fighting with batteries
look at fighter planes for example all the modern planes are more focused on electronic warfare than anything else
no we're not, because batteries don't have anywhere near the energy-density of explosives or gunpowder and can't theoretically do so either
yes, electronic warfare, but not batteries and EMP
hell, their batteries aren't even that big or noteworthy since batteries are extremely heavy for their energy content
Implying fighter planes are relevant to modern theatres of war.
so it's all alternator powered
When was the last dog fight?
thats why they are used in electronic warfare not shooting each other
fighter planes arent build for dogfights anymore
Then why do you call them fighter planes?
is the f-22 a fighter plane?
Dogfighting isn't the only way to kill enemy aircraft?
thats a good point
most fighter planes arent made for dogfighting nowadays
as we have beyond visual targeting
etc
an EMP definitely can't go beyond visual targeting
but it can disrupt an incoming missile