[toss1]

Paradox as old as recorded time:

Being ready for war prevents war : Being unready for war invites it.

It's really simple: If you are leading an expansionist state, who are you going to attack first? The neighboring village/fiefdom/nation that trains like Sparta and is clearly ready to kick your military's asses back to your farthest border, or the other one whose population is mostly too fat to run down the street and spends their time chasing the latest TV show and fashion trend?

[lostmsu]

This made me think if it would make sense to send SUV owners to battle in their SUVs. Might actually increase survival rates.

[toss1]

good thought, depends on the battlefield environment?

[lostmsu]

Most certainly.

Another thought further down the line is to get some self-driving equipment installed, and use the cars before sending actual people. I feel like a relatively cheap kit could turn one into a ram and/or remote surveillance point.

[dgfitz]

Installing a drive-by-wire kit on a car sure isn’t hard. Self-driving would be a bit trickier, need a sensor suite and some OSS like ROS2 or the like.