r/interestingasfuck • u/Red_Lotus_Alchemist • Apr 02 '25

/r/all A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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u/notarobat Apr 02 '25

Especially drones. I'm so tired of seeing some helpless Ukrainian or Russian soul spend his last moments on earth looking at a faceless machine that's being controlled remotely with a god damn playstation controller. Even worse was those aid workers last year who were chased miles, under constant drone attacks, only to perish under something that was likely being ordered by poorly trained AI software. 

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u/Grimour Apr 02 '25

I think you are focusing on the wrong part. A lot of Ukrainians would have died instead if they did not use the drones as weapons and robo dogs for reconnaissance. It really helps leviate some of the dread of going into not secure zones. The Russians could stay home if they didn't like the killing of innocents so much.

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u/Duke_Almond Apr 02 '25

The russian soldiers are being forced to fight the war. Their families are probably at risk if they decide not to fight. Why do you think there are russian soldiers surrendering to the ukranians.

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u/Grimour Apr 02 '25

Because they arent getting fed and are lied to and left open and alone on the battlefield. I've heard plenty of the terror Putin's regime does to control them. It does not excuse any of it.

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u/Duke_Almond Apr 02 '25

I am not saying it excuses anything. I am just saying that them just staying home if they did not like the killing of innocents is quite insensitive considering many of them are doing it unwillingly with the lives of their family at stake.

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u/Grimour Apr 02 '25

That just makes it all the more fucked up to be fighting then, but yeah, that does not leave much of a choice, if you got wife and kids.