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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
Note too that in an all-out war, approximations of the same logistical issues that plague human armies will plague the robot armies. They don't have to worry about food or water or mostly about disease*, true. That helps a lot in comparison with human armies.
But machines wear out, parts break down, fuel has to be shipped or recharging facilities set up. If a large mass of Juggernaughts loses 10% of their membership to breakdown over the course of an operation, that's quite a few broken robots waiting to be salvaged or raided.
It a mass of Hoplites outruns their logistical support, even if their power supply is fine they could easily run out of missiles, making them somewhat vulnerable.
Remember, war is still war, even when it's waged by AIs. It's about logistics.
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This now has me wondering about logistical sabotage. Lobbing paint bombs at solar panels, contaminating fuel supplies, etc.