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Can the US realistically put mass boots on the ground for the foreseeable future?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:55 pm
Talking about the US armed forces. Best I can tell we don’t currently have reliable defenses against small, cheap drones or drone swarms.
Seems like all it would take is a few GoPro drone videos of US soldiers being blown to pieces to quickly sway public opinion against any such military operation.
Seems like all it would take is a few GoPro drone videos of US soldiers being blown to pieces to quickly sway public opinion against any such military operation.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 7:57 pm
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Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:00 pm to weagle1999
I can't see it. Drones and robots, baw.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:00 pm to weagle1999
Best I can tell
—and your conclusion was drawn from extensive military research done on your iphone.
—and your conclusion was drawn from extensive military research done on your iphone.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:01 pm to weagle1999
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Best I can tell we don’t currently have reliable defenses against small, cheap drones or drone swarms.
Yeah, because the top secret military secrets are at your fingertips?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:02 pm to Saintsisit
Just what I have read, and observed has happened in Ukraine and Iran.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:04 pm to weagle1999
I’ll start this by saying I dont actually know anything about this. I think the time of large scale boots on the ground is over for a country like The United States. Things are too technologically advanced. If we were really trying we’d technologically destroy them, then lay waste with air and naval superiority, then bring in troops and establish a base. Repeat until its all over.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:05 pm to Saintsisit
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Yeah, because the top secret military secrets are at your fingertips?
To be fair, most people believe military reporting in the news…as if open disclosure of future planning wouldn’t be the most brain dead policy imaginable
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:05 pm to weagle1999
I work in the Pentagon and don't like to share top secret info, but I trust you. We're good.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:07 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Drones and robots, baw
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Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:08 pm to weagle1999
quote:“mass boots”
Can the US realistically put mass boots on the ground for the foreseeable future?
Shoe production there is an artifact of history.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:10 pm to weagle1999
Sure we can, but it'll have to be a conflict where the American population recognizes they are legitimately threatened. Not whatever the frick the Iran thing is/was
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:13 pm to weagle1999
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Talking about the US armed forces. Best I can tell we don’t currently have reliable defenses against small, cheap drones or drone swarms.
Seems like all it would take is a few GoPro drone videos of US soldiers being blown to pieces to quickly sway public opinion against any such military operation.
We won this without needing to, so why would we ever want to?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:16 pm to RohanGonzales
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We won this
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:20 pm to cypresstiger
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Best I can tell —and your conclusion was drawn from extensive military research done on your iphone.
Oh lord yes!
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:32 pm to weagle1999
Define mass? 100000? 4000000?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:32 pm to weagle1999
The US military isn’t built for mass boots on the ground so it’s kind of irrelevant for the US military because we would never fight a war in Ukraine like Russia is, maybe 50 years ago we would have but not any longer. The US could realistically deploy at a maximum maybe 500k troops in total Army/Marine combined. The US is a quick strike, heavy firepower, air superiority military force. We are not a 4-5 year, grind it out military force like Russia and China have always been. Are drones effective against the US in certain situations? Absolutely but the reason they have been so heavily used in Ukraine is because both militaries have deployed massive ground forces that have dug into fortified positions with relatively static front lines, very conventional. It’s one of the main reasons the US pulled out of Vietnam. The reality is US public pressure wouldn’t tolerate that kind of war and the average US soldier isn’t trained for that.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:35 pm to weagle1999
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Can the US realistically put mass boots on the ground for the foreseeable future?
You should go read about how we took down Maduro in VZ. US cyber command shut off the lights in Curacas during the raid. It took Delta 6 minutes to secure him. The only reason to have boots on the ground is to be able to hold onto ground.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:45 pm to weagle1999
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Seems like all it would take is a few GoPro drone videos of US soldiers being blown to pieces to quickly sway public opinion against any such military operation.
Huh? That’s not a thing. And if it were, wouldn’t we just come harder instead of quitting?
None of your post makes any sense.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:48 pm to PabloSmash
Like Iraq and Afghanistan?
Boots on the ground are still required to occupy territory.
Boots on the ground are still required to occupy territory.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:52 pm to Tdogg78
I said “really trying”. I wasn’t talking protecting oil or poppy fields. I was talking about taking a country
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