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    What the human mind does during existential terror is amazing and self-preserving.

    What an invading terrorist nation does is use casualties as chaff.

    I guess we will never know.

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            I assume they believe it makes them go faster? I have seen videos where they drop bodies out of a truck, apparently in an attempt to get lighter and therefore faster. It’s not particularly smart, but other people have just offed themselves after seeing a drone nearby. So there is a spectrum of reactions.

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    It’s like in the movies where a sailing ship’s crew throws stuff overboard to lighten the load.

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    I always wonder when I see these kind of videos - is there anything these guys can do to save their skin? Is there a way to communicate surrender, or were they given the ultimate death sentence?

    Anyhow, this bit of curiosity in itself is much more compassion than what this invasive species ever deserved

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      Staying within their own borders. But yes, there’s plenty of drone surrender videos out there too, but of course there’s no guarantee that a surrender to a drone is going to work out for a variety of reasons, including getting potentially shot / shelled by your own guys for trying to surrender.

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      Getting thrown out of the car which is about to get blown up is a way to save your skin, but there is not much for oneself to do to make it happen.