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Originally Posted by nowthen
war is hell folks, we can kid ourselves that technology insulates us from that reality but its all about the killing at the end of the day. it will never be a sanitised operation.
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You are right and wrong here. War is hell but US casualties in each conflict from 1776 forward have steadily declined. Indeed, around the world the US in known as adverse to combat deaths and everything about the way we go to war is designed to limit them. We are the only nation in the world that does this and it is why the importance of UCV-type equipment has become an obsession with all branches of the military in addition to requiring fewer troops to achieve a given objective.
I've got 2 kids, neither of which I want to see go into combat. If they do make the choice to do so, I expect the military to have the most advanced ways & means possible to incinerate whomever we have engaged. If FCS gets them to this goal more quickly, full speed ahead with it.
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