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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if we lose the old world entirely we're toast realistically speaking
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naw we lost like central/western europe and bits of north africa, some of the eastern bits of asia not lost: most of russia, most of china, india, australia, uk,
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