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War breaks out. Divide by zero error. Air supremacy handed to enemy.

• cpeterso 8y ago
  Arthur C. Clarke's short story "Superiority" depicts what can happen in an arms race if one side never stops racing to introduce new technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_(short_story) http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html
  • yourapostasy 8y ago
    Never get tired of re-reading that short story. The story also re-stipulates the quote very likely misattributed to Stalin, but likely is from Thomas A. Callaghan Jr.: Quantity has a quality all its own. While provenance of the quote is tricky [1] [2], it is generally accepted the US leans towards the "quality" side of the spectrum. This shouldn't be an issue with the purported ideals of the US, unless the US finds itself precipitating a hot war by the MIC and neo-conservative foreign policy establishments with a numerically superior foe. I'm personally for a "tick-tock" release schedule into a Swiss defensive posture: ratchet up quality in one period, then in the next period distribute the quality gains into a massive materiel and training dispersal program focused on defense of the nation's land itself. [1] https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Stalin&oldid=1993027#Misattributed https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Stalin&old... [2] https://www.quora.com/Who-said-Quantity-has-a-quality-all-its-own https://www.quora.com/Who-said-Quantity-has-a-quality-all-it...