Quote from: Billy's bayonet on January 04, 2021, 11:07:52 AM
1. So you would perfer remaining on a war footing with the insane lunatics running N Korea firing missiles all over the fkg place rather than initiating friendly interactions....?  I see.  Trump should have gotten the nobel peace prize for his work in NORK

2. Eliminating/reducing foreign aide doesnt count?  Whose social security check should we pull to give more $$ to Sudan or outer Slobovia?
3. So you want US Troops to continue to engage in fruitless and COSTLY endeavors in third world shitholes Like Ghanny
    and acting like the world police But you want a reduced federal budget....make up your mind

I want reduced DOMESTIC spending.    I want increased defense spending.    And the U.S. and the world both benefit from the greater U.S. presence overseas.

Quote from: Dayton3 on January 04, 2021, 11:14:16 AM
Drones are useful but can't remotely replace manned platforms in large scale combat.   An expert on drone technology in Foreign Policy magazine agreed with me on this.

Your expert is an idiot!

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/12/darpa-gremlin-drone-tests.html



DARPA has launched the Gremlins program. Named for the imaginary, mischievous imps that became the good luck charms of many British pilots during World War II, the program envisions launching groups of UASs from existing large aircraft such as bombers or transport aircraft—as well as from fighters and other small, fixed-wing platforms—while those planes are out of range of adversary defenses. When the gremlins complete their mission, a C-130 transport aircraft would retrieve them in the air and carry them home, where ground crews would prepare them for their next use within 24 hours. (DARPA illustration)

https://sociable.co/technology/darpa-predict-future-ai/

Quote from: Solar on January 04, 2021, 11:41:33 AM
Your expert is an idiot!

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/12/darpa-gremlin-drone-tests.html



DARPA has launched the Gremlins program. Named for the imaginary, mischievous imps that became the good luck charms of many British pilots during World War II, the program envisions launching groups of UASs from existing large aircraft such as bombers or transport aircraft—as well as from fighters and other small, fixed-wing platforms—while those planes are out of range of adversary defenses. When the gremlins complete their mission, a C-130 transport aircraft would retrieve them in the air and carry them home, where ground crews would prepare them for their next use within 24 hours. (DARPA illustration)

https://sociable.co/technology/darpa-predict-future-ai/

Just because you are a DAV doesn't make you an expert on the subject.

Quote from: Dayton3 on January 04, 2021, 11:50:48 AM
Just because you are a DAV doesn't make you an expert on the subject.

I also own one of the top drones on the Mkt, and follow tech like a rabid dog on the prowl.
Wars will not be fought in the conventional sense historically, they'll be fought thousands of miles away in sealed bunkers with people on a joystick sitting at a computer.

We're already there, all the drones we send out are remote controlled with AI backup. The latest fighter jet is a drone with AI. Your friend is an idiot, you can tell him I said so!

Quote from: Solar on January 04, 2021, 01:15:23 PM
I also own one of the top drones on the Mkt, and follow tech like a rabid dog on the prowl.
Wars will not be fought in the conventional sense historically, they'll be fought thousands of miles away in sealed bunkers with people on a joystick sitting at a computer.

We're already there, all the drones we send out are remote controlled with AI backup. The latest fighter jet is a drone with AI. Your friend is an idiot, you can tell him I said so!

I don't have any friends.   Don't know whom you are referring to.

Quote from: Dayton3 on January 04, 2021, 02:25:14 PM
I don't have any friends.   Don't know whom you are referring to.

Ya know, that's just sad...

Quote from: Solar on January 04, 2021, 02:30:07 PM
Ya know, that's just sad...

Not really.    I've had friends before.    Just general situation makes me bereft of them currently.     I had as many as three good friends at one of my most recent jobs but they and I moved on to other places.   

And to me when someone is no longer part of your daily life they aren't friends anymore.

Once you hit 30 you have no friends only acquaintances.

Quote from: Dayton3 on January 04, 2021, 02:25:14 PM
I don't have any friends.  Don't know whom you are referring to.

From 75% of your post I can understand why.   

Quote from: walkstall on January 04, 2021, 04:06:00 PM
From 75% of your post I can understand why.   

Care to explain that?

Quote from: Dayton3 on January 04, 2021, 04:18:37 PM
Care to explain that?

Your the one with out friends.  Could be your way of think about Politics.  Hell I am almost 100 years old and have many friends yet.   I know Dem's that even like me. 

Quote from: yrunvs on January 04, 2021, 03:41:43 PM
Once you hit 30 you have no friends only acquaintances.

My wife is my best friend.

Quote from: walkstall on January 04, 2021, 04:39:40 PM
Your the one with out friends.  Could be your way of think about Politics.  Hell I am almost 100 years old and have many friends yet.   I know Dem's that even like me. 

Politics almost never comes up with people I know.

Quote from: Solar on January 04, 2021, 05:36:00 PM
My wife is my best friend.

I don't count someone as a "friend" if you're having sex with them.

Quote from: Dayton3 on January 04, 2021, 06:53:28 PM
I don't count someone as a "friend" if you're having sex with them.

There's really nothing we agree on.