Is this real? I was happy till it said Russia also has a hypersonic weapon and then I felt it may just be USS Maine style propaganda.

  • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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    3 years ago

    The people who are supposed to be making this tech in the US - the smart young tech people - are currently occupied finding ways to show you ads while your eyes are closed, running crypto scams, or just gaming their lives away. Not a chance Yankee catches up.

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      Nah, the problem is the military industrial complex itself. It's hugely inefficient and dysfunctional.

      As just one example, there was a secret project that literally got canceled for being too successful. The colonel in charge figured the scientists must be cheating on the tests.

      • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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        3 years ago

        The inefficiency plays a role in repelling talent from working on MIC projects, thankfully. Why would you deal with that bullshit for low pay when you can print money at Google (or trading crypto or options) and they don't harass you about smoking weed?

        People like Oppenheimer are not making the radar to shoot down hypersonic missiles and never will.