That’s something tho. Definitely a big shift in political opinion in their 2024 election. You don’t think we can expect to see other similarities? Devaluation of our currency. Prices of common goods increased. Wages outpaced inflation decently.

I wonder how much of what happened after Brexit can be applied here

BYOB - System of a Down

Haha I would probably kill myself trying to do that

What’s the microwave for? I’m imagining fighting toys in Small Soldiers.

That’s fair. I think they have access to both. Look at what the little militias aka the police are using on us.

Anybody with a soldering gun, a laptop and the right know-how can whip up a drone. You can’t just slap together missiles.

EDIT: they need microprocessors too

Explain how weapons lost those wars.

Full scale war weapons are not effective in guerrilla warfare. Agreed. But when the shit hits the fan you’re gonna want big guns.

Also agree the US has overspent on their toys. Just saying we should invest in both.

As much as I love drones, the current tech has a lot of limitations. They’re awesome for small kamikaze stuff, but they don’t even compare to real weapons like a tomahawk if it really came down to heavy combat. With that said, drones offer so much more precision and a safer war.

1. Power the weight ratio is pretty bad. 7” drones or smaller can’t carry a large load.
2. Battery life is pretty awful with lipo and li-ion lasts longer but much less burst power for maneuvering.
3. Range is decent, a few miles (Tomahawk can go 100’s of miles), but need a clear flight path and longer distance introduces more latency. Additionally any interference can ground you easily especially at very long range, granted you can program return to home.
4. Wind plays big factor especially at high elevation.
5. Not very stealthy. Granted a war zone is loud, but you can hear a drone coming pretty easily.

All that said, I’m very interested in where drone tech will be in 20 years.

I believe it, but they also only drive specific routes.

So you can kinda delete it