[deep_etcetera]

It would be more efficient to use drones but precommit to shooting a soldier back in the US whenever a drone gets shot down.

[Cactus2018]

Star Trek: The Original Series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon

> In the episode, the crew of the Enterprise visits a planet engaged in a completely computer-simulated war with a neighboring planet but the casualties, including the Enterprise's crew, are supposed to be real.

[totetsu]

You could even host some Iranian Revolutionary Guard members on site at the drone facility to do the deed.

[rimjongun]

The levels of efficiency we are reaching on this thread are mind blowing.

[drewmol]

Thanks for this^. I needed a good laugh!

[DoreenMichele]

They did that in a Star Trek episode, more or less. "You have been assigned as dead. Please report...etc" so they could preserve infrastructure, which is so much more valuable than human life.

[zxcmx]

It would! But if you have to put a human in the vehicle, children take up less space and can probably handle more G forces than an adult.

[clarus]

Morally not possible.

[ars]

Maybe watch this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon

[_visgean]

/r/whoosh