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In reply to the discussion: The Military Is Calling On These Robots To Do Things It Never Imagined [View all]redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)13. "always" is quite a long period of time.
People living in the Roman empire probably thought the Roman empire would "always" have the edge compared to the Kelts or the German tribes.
Today things move even faster than they did then. I think if you look down the road a few decades, there is simply no telling who will have what kind of edge.
Upgrading military technology is a bit like buying new computer hardware. Things become obsolete very fast. You have to spend tons to always have "high-end" stuff. For every purchase of high-end gear you make, a person of lesser means can easily make the same purchase at a much lower price, after a few months have passed. Maybe with military stuff the time-scales are different, but I think the principles are the same.
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xchrom
Oct 2012
OP
What do you think the time lag is for radio signals traveling 1000 miles?
Motown_Johnny
Oct 2012
#17
This is what we will eventually see patrolling the streets of America to keep the
RKP5637
Oct 2012
#6
Yep, that's the road we're traveling down, I fear. I saw a parade of police vans around
RKP5637
Oct 2012
#12
Yep, and hoards of money in northern Virginia where many of the recipients of all of that
RKP5637
Oct 2012
#14
See, this is why we can't have nice things such as single payer health care...
SammyWinstonJack
Oct 2012
#24
Wonder weapons to defend the crumbling empire that's going broke building wonder weapons.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2012
#37