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Without reading the actual article, I was going to say something like: "Even the worst air force might be better than no air force at all, unless of
by vacuumator 10y ago
Without reading the actual article, I was going to say something like:
"Even the worst air force
might be better than no air
force at all, unless of
course, you consider how much
money gets wasted, and how
many lives a fleet of death
traps needlessly costs a
country."
But that was maybe in the sense that an odd third world country might have been nurturing some money pit of a vehicle pool.
Having read the article about a hypothetical air force, I kind of like the look of all those ineffective airplanes. It reminds me of that web page with the simulator video game, where the polygonal race cars evolve to endure a randomized terrain, according to a genetic algorithm.
- rodgerd 10y agoWell, the South or Central American country with the longest-lived and most stable democracy is the one that abolished its professional millitary, so at least sometimes "no air force" is the right answer. (Similarly the Spanish republic might have lasted a big longer if they hadn't had an air force...)