Message from @Atkins
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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
We do fight with batteries. At least parts of batteries. Thank you, lead.
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
or use flares for that
and the best part is if you are protecting your base form that hypothetical missile you can have all the electricity you need as weight isnt a problem
wut
its easier to have an electronic anti missile system on your base then on a tank right?
it kind of doesn't matter if you fry an incoming missile that's a mile or two away if it's some fuckhuge missile you deploy against a BASE of some kind, it'll still keep going mostly straight and then it doesn't really matter if it's a few dozen yards off target
you can mess up the targeting system
not with an EMP
maybe make the electronics overheat
you can fry vital components bricking it's electronics, but you can't magically hack it
i think we can in the coming years
everything is getting automated
you can already hack pacemakers or cars
reeee that's not how hacking works
well then how does it work
yes because those are connected to the open internet and have pisspoor security
it is literally impossible for the best hacker in the world to hack my laptop now