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kleinbl00 · 4759 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hypersonic Missile kills long before you hear it.
This is an argument of principle.
Mine is an argument of pragmatism. Having grown up neck-deep in the Military Industrial Complex, I can say without reservation that arguments of principle gain no traction. On the other hand, saying "You should give us a bazillion dollars to invent satellites. We can probably figure out a way to kill people with them andmaybefosteraglobalcommunicationnetworkmumblemumblemumble" generally works pretty well. After all, ArXiv.org was developed by Paul Ginsparg in his spare time while working at T division at LANL - and T division is all about killing the shit out of Russkies.