Marketplace Tech · Thursday, July 9, 2026
Military planners are facing a grim reality of accepting higher death rates among wounded soldiers due to the sophisticated nature of modern weaponry and the challenges of medical evacuation under drone surveillance. Some analyses suggest expecting up to 30% of wounded to be killed in certain scenarios.
“that we're just going to have to accept higher levels of death. Um, just that's just how it is.”
“in certain cases, we should expect 30% of, you know, of those wounded to be killed. Um, you know, in part because of the types of injuries, the sophistication of the weapons involved, but also simply the difficulties of getting people treated, getting them out.”