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It blows my mind that the USA is still developing a new manned aircraft that will cost "hundreds of millions" a piece: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Gener
by qingcharles 2y ago
It blows my mind that the USA is still developing a new manned aircraft that will cost "hundreds of millions" a piece:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Dominance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Dominance
Is this stuff necessary? What we're seeing in Ukraine is that you can buy a drone from AliExpress, put a few grams of C4 on it and tear an important piece off a half-billion dollar aircraft on the runway before it even takes off...
- thechao 2y agoIt'd just be a lot cheaper to pay these guys a basic income, and take the management savings from a UBI and buy absolutely a gajillion hardened drones.