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Open sourced weapons would benefit rich countries disproportionately. Even if poor countries have all the access to classified information, they can't do anyth
by bserge 5y ago
Open sourced weapons would benefit rich countries disproportionately.
Even if poor countries have all the access to classified information, they can't do anything with it, as you said.
However, the information can be sold.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThe OP is right, if half the army has it in a manual, then this info is not a secret for anyone relevant. For all intents and purposes the AK is the opensource weapon. Hard to see how open source weapons would benegit rich countries, they already have the designs.
- Igelau 5y agoReminds me of the Nth Country Experiment https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/nth-country-experiment https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/nth-country-experimen... There's a difference between knowing how to do something (even without classified information) and being able to pull it off.