Given the current political climate isn’t it kinda terrifying to have the CTOs of four tech giants with unlimited access to user personal data in the military chain of command?
Given the current political climate isn’t it kinda terrifying to have the CTOs of four tech giants with unlimited access to user personal data in the military chain of command?
It’s super interesting, right? Are there any other armies around the world that have lowered their minimum health/boot camp requirements in order to recruit more people like drone pilots, software developers, and various other engineers?
Seems like a good idea to me. Ever since WW2 technology has been the most important factor in warfare. So much so that it now doesn’t matter if you have a single soldier ready to deploy if you have nuclear ICBMs (not that it’s a good thing we have those).
The difference today is that what you need are lots of people to “man” data/operations centers and just a few ready to deploy for actual combat. Also, a lot of people involved in manufacturing and with skills like CNC machining and 3D printing.
None of those skill sets are conducive to “being in shape”. Rather than focus on troops being “ready for anything” it makes more sense to have them housed right next to the systems they work with so they can roll out of the bunk and into the operations center like a fireman rather than out of a barracks and on to a troop transport.
A good way to lower entry requirements is to be at war. There’s no need to do that if you’re at peace and (mostly) hit your recruitment targets. Keep in mind that people can get transferred from unit to unit depending on armed forces’ needs, not necessarily your needs.
Maybe in smaller countries and smaller wars. You still need a shitload of people to hold defensive positions for your pilots and other “remote” staff to have any effect. Would be true for insurgencies probably.
Debatable. I’d rather have some rn, it’s a good deterrent.