This seems like a back door bailout.
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They are buying two non-functional Cybertrucks. It's pretty standard to do weapons testing on non-functional vehicles.
With the cybertruck, “nonfunctional” could just mean it rolled off the lot five minutes ago.
Doors refuse to lock when battery is on fire. ☑
Defective ☑
That's okay, you're buying used and the other guy got hit with the depreciation
My problem with this is the depiction of the cybertruck as some capable military vehicle vs any other conventional truck
They bought 33 vehicles. Two of them are cybertrucks. Kind of feels like you might be blowing this way out of proportion, just like the headline is.
Yeah honestly the idea that they are considering cyber trucks to be possible future hostile vehicles seems like a good thing to me considering most people who bought them would be supporting ICE in Civil War II electric boogaloo
It's also just a fairly unique vehicle in terms of its construction, so they'd be stupid not to test how their weapons work against it. Even if you're 99% sure that Elon is full of shit with all his "Apocalypse proof" nonsense, you test for that 1% just to be safe. This is all completely routine stuff.
Totally agree. I still like them being shot at and/or blown up though
I mean, sure, but they could also watch any YouTube vid of a guntuber actually shooting one. It's nothing special.
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Aren't most cybertrucks 'non-functional' in the traditional truck sense?
That and looks like they're trying to give the cyber truck image a facelift
Read between the lines. They're practicing targeting a cybertruck from the air. They bought a spare to test adjustments and repeatability. Somewhere there's a well armed cybertruck owner sweating bullets.
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Yeah, let's pretend this isn't somehow a kickback for Elon in disguise.
Feels like blatant marketing to me.
It's two vehicles.
Yeah, 4 million should cover it.
What does that even mean?
They are insinuating that they paid $4 million for two cyber trucks
Correct
Why?
Because Trump is nothing but a giant grift.
Sure, but the military isn't going to pay more than they have to. The less they spend on trucks, the more they have for things that go boom. And nonfunctioning cybertrucks are likely going to cost under 20k each. (Probably less than the munitions being tested on them).
So while I appreciate the cynicism and generally agree, I don't think that's what's going on here.
I'm not so sure about that. The pentagon is known for blowing massive amounts of money on stupid shit. The 2 million were probably a joke, but I wouldn't be surprised.
"The Pentagon and the military industrial complex have been plagued by a massive amount of waste, fraud and financial mismanagement for decades."
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They bought two. Hardly an Elon bail out.
Sounds like they bought them to study their radar and thermal signatures to have the data for possible future targeting and tracking purposes.
A certain Chechnyan comes to mind though I'm sure there are others.
Heres how to disable a cyber truck: hit the remote kill switch at tesla HQ.
Solved it you fucking morons. You absolute idiots.
or just put it out in the rain.
Logically speaking, at least someone was able to find some use for these.
That's a good use of my money.
Never thought I'd get a chance to use that gif. xD
Yea I am gonna bet Elon gave them lots of money to get them to take two of his trucks and say this so that red necks with fragile masculinities believe that they can find meaning in life by buying a truck which they think is battlefield material. Well they will (re)realise their stupidy once side panels start falling off.
This clickbait bullshit keeps getting shared.
I hope they take the batteries out?
They did. The article states that they ordered them without batteries and only in towable condition.
and only in towable condition.
This much was implied by the brand name.
Thanks for doing the dirty work
I don't.
I don't think they think it's durable. I think the loose body panels make for a more spectacular image when hit with a missle. Diffusion of blast energy and all that.
Vehicles in general are pretty durable, vehicles getting damaged is generally the vehicle hitting something rather than something hitting it.
I had the opportunity to smash a car up with a sledgehammer once (weird fundraiser), and i think i hurt my hands more than the car.
Edit: also, not a bad idea for the military to know where to shoot these things in case some dumbass tries to run the gate at a base in one.
It's weird how I think of cars as "not durable" by growing up around fire departments.
But I also use that as description on how equipment for fire depts needs to be made as this is the group that has competitions like "Who can cut a car in half the fastest" for training.
lol at this bullshit.
our country is a goddamn joke now.
They bought two non-functional Cybertrucks. It’s pretty standard to do weapons testing on non-functional vehicles.
lol if you think the army saying this about these vehicles is normal:
It said the Tesla pickups were "likely" to start appearing on the battlefield. It added that they don't "receive the normal extent of damage expected upon major impact."
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Wouldn't this mean they are like tanks but cheaper? 💀
They know the car of choice for the enemies of the future (present). It pays to be prepared.
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