Training costs for people are not huge at all, the finnish eu readiness batallion compromised of 300 troops drains almost as much cash as training the 25.000 or so conscripts a year.BaNa wrote:human cost is HUGE, training costs for ppl
Untruezwzsg wrote: disagree. Maybe today a missile is more expensive than an guy, but ultimately, missiles will become cheaper, while guys still require expensive raising and maintenance.
With all the electronics inside the missiles/bombs , and with all the counter measures the missiles will need even more electronics and counter-counter measures.
For example a modern combat tank(t-90 in this case) has several electronic systems, such as gas tanks of aerosol which disturb laser tracking to the target (deployed automatically by a onboard computer) , then there's a system that actively tries to send false radio orders to guided bombs to distrack them. On top of that you have the era(explosive reactive armor) that tries to negate the incoming damage by exploding the missile outside the armor, if all that fails there's several layers of armor to penetrate. And on top of that even if the crew of the tank is knocked down the onboard computer has a system(unless its destroyed in the hit too) that will show and track the location where the missile was fired, and will spray that area with rounds for a while.
Getting past all these defensive systems will only make the missiles more expensive and more extensive like you said requiring even more training
Examples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakidka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_warning_receiver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontakt-5
eugh . . .dizekat wrote:ever seen how humans move on battlefield, trying to keep low? Bipedal form is very sub optimal for warfare.
). Leave a remote controlled sniper sentry on some rooftop, paint targets for it, open fire - I'td calculate the most efficient aiming path and eliminate all designated targets in a short burst, byebye troops.