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Culture fans: These are not the knife missiles you were thinking about. The topic of kinetic drone launched hellfire missiles seems highly problematic. Usage s
by sundvor 7y ago
Culture fans: These are not the knife missiles you were thinking about.
The topic of kinetic drone launched hellfire missiles seems highly problematic. Usage scenarios are when there'd just be too much collateral damage from explosive munitions, but where do you draw the line to something that would do vastly more damage than a sniper rifle hit?
I guess it could help protect local intelligence assets who might be armed with nothing but a cell phone.
(I have no real qualifications on this topic, but I do like to read about military ops. And Iain Banks).
- 0_gravitas 7y ago> Culture fans: These are not the knife missiles you were thinking about. Bummer
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoIf we were on a less civilised messaging board I would leave a comment noting the (non-)coincidence that your username is in fact remarkably appropriate for your comment.
- 0_gravitas 7y ago;)
- tempguy9999 7y agoI think Banks might have been quite pleased with 'semi-extrinsic', actually.
- hugofirth 7y agoI suspect you will thoroughly enjoy this twitter account: https://twitter.com/cultureshipname?lang=en https://twitter.com/cultureshipname?lang=en
- sundvor 7y agoSubbed. One of my favourite fictive ship name would be an Adams one: GSV Mostly Harmless. Was great to see the replies, user names. :) Also the number of votes tells there's a large number of people who must really miss Banks (RIP). It's been a while so I will start re-reading the Culture series soon, chronologically this time. A number were lost paperbacks, but will just add them to my Kindle collection.
- 0_gravitas 7y agoIf you hadn't yet, I recommend picking up his book of poetry that was posthumously released along side his longtime friend Ken MacLeod's poems. A lot of it is Banks to the core, including the humor. My favorite is cynically titled "Love Poem": Serene, In a world full of troubles. i.e. doing nothing about it.
- chrisweekly 7y agoFTR, "Culture" here refers to a terrific set of sci fi novels by Iain M Banks. They can be read in any order. "Player of Games" is probably my favorite.
- turk73 7y agoDid they hold a trial or are these extra-judicial killings, as usual?
- hugofirth 7y ago> Culture fans: These are not the knife missiles you were thinking about. Though I'm not sure the US having access to those would make me feel any better :)