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Originally Posted by sperry
That's *why* we use robots for recon and other high-risk operations, the hardware is far cheaper than the people. ....
It's got nothing to do with the sanctity of human life, it's just a matter of affording the fight.
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This has been true for a long time in well trained & equipped armies; the soldiers are such a big investment that the army needs to take care in using them. Even Roman armies 2000 years ago had medics in battle that would attend to their wounded because their soldiers were some of the most well-trained (expensive) in the world, and couldn't be easily replaced.