why do we even put people in military airplanes anymore pilots suck - have to train them - terrible if they die - need tons of life support + space --> heavy ass plane
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im skeptical the next conventional war lasts long enough for this to happenhttps://twitter.com/Aslaklakaslak/status/1336743201168822275?s=19 …
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im thinking a lot about the Billy Mitchell problem now tldr he argued that battleships were going to get creamed and advocated for aircraft carriers before WW2, this got him court martialed because the admirals LIKED battleshipspic.twitter.com/NSNtS6AxOs
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the problem is the following everyone KNOWS this is a problem billy mitchell is a sterling example but not the only such case so why the hell do people keep doing this hypotheses: 1. hard to know when Mitchells are real vs charlatans 2. intractable org problems
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probably both are true but based on this im leaning toward #2https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002 …
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oh very interesting about the above very interestinghttps://twitter.com/fire__exit/status/1336759194985390081?s=19 …
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another series of counterargumentshttps://twitter.com/DoppelMark/status/1336759006782742530?s=19 …
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amazing thread about military simulated battles https://twitter.com/PhilthyPhil2012/status/1336769338192273408?s=19 …
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when have you ever been wrong about sclerotic incumbents
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