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I may be paranoid, but this looks like kinda a psyops move to make the adversaries unsure of the us navys real capability.
by progre 6y ago
I may be paranoid, but this looks like kinda a psyops move to make the adversaries unsure of the us navys real capability.
- jaybrendansmith 6y agoAgree. Looks like counter-intelligence or a honeypot to me. It reads like a Larry Niven novel, like technology bought from the outsiders.
- h2odragon 6y agohttps://www.tor.com/2012/07/20/a-tall-tail/ https://www.tor.com/2012/07/20/a-tall-tail/
- jaybrendansmith 6y agoThat story is fantastic, thank you. Reminds me of one of my all-time favorite Asimov stories, Paté de Fois Gras, about the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs, but with a counter-intelligence twist.
- snowwrestler 6y agoOr to distract them into spending time and resources looking into these crazy ideas. The more evidence there is of “official” support for these ideas, the more effective the distraction.
- meowster 6y ago> distract them into spending time and resources looking into these crazy ideas. Admiral A: What happens if they actually discover something groundbreaking? Admiral B: Oh uh, we better have our people work on it too, just in case there's something there, so we're not left in the dust in case the other people find something first.
- ethanbond 6y agoSalvatore Pais = nation’s savior?