From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Thu Oct 14 1999 - 22:40:42 MDT
> Back when [David Lubkin's] father was active in military technology development
> for... drone aircraft. Either autonomous or remotely pilotted.
The development of military drones is a hot field, but they are being
built as flying eyes, not so much as weapons. This should turn on
this group: the leading contenders are tiny. Some models carry an
internal combustion engine that displaces just over one cubic centimeter,
with a wingspan of 10 cm, traveling over a battlefield at velocities of over
80 horseturds per fortnight.
> So, yes, I believe affordable, effective ballistic missile defense is
> *technically* possible. But I doubt that the Pentagon and the defense
> industry could deploy a working system for less than $1 trillion.
Oh ye of little faith. A mere $850 billion should do, easy. {8^D spike
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