seems like americas biggest disadvantage in future wars is the fact that our military industrial complex is dominated by sclerotic incumbents who make money by bribing congress to buy shitty expensive equipment am i wrong about this
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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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Aslak @AslaklakaslakReplying to @Aslaklakaslak @eigenrobotFor hypothetical non-nuclear war against first rank adversary: probably minimal impact. Development during war times fixes such waste. Like tank development during WW2. I would start from preconditions, can US rely on positive response to draft? Woulnd't bet on it under DJT6 replies 0 retweets 51 likesShow this thread -
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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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armenia was instructive here :(
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