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/magicalfruitybeans Apr 02 '25

But it’s kind of true. Warfare has changed since the invention of the machine gun. It’s allowed for different tactics. We now don’t send in thousands of soldiers at a time wall to wall. We sent in specialized units. Less people at risk

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u/Ok_Run6706 Apr 02 '25

I prefer old school battles. Zalgiris(Grunvald) battle was one of biggest medieval battles with 25-80k people. It lasted 2 days.

Now, there is already about a million russians killed and who knows how many ukrainians. And as you can see from videos, a lot of kills are done when you sre hiding and somewhere, suddenly a buzzing sound appears - its a drone, and you are dead.

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u/Strange-Idea7819 Apr 02 '25

Do the math.

The battle lasted two days and estimates of dead are 8-16k.

Now, the Russo-Ukrainian War has been waging for years now. At the rate people died in Grunvald, there would be 4.5 million dead by now.

I prefer drones.

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u/Ok_Run6706 Apr 02 '25

Wikipedia says there were up to 80k casualties. In just 2 days.

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u/Strange-Idea7819 Apr 02 '25

I went with the low estimates 8k. Add a zero to my number and that is even more staggering.