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Re:Google helps Pentagon analyze military drone footage by 18pfsmt on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @06:14PM (#16532965)
When people refer to the military industrial complex, they are referring to the businesses like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, etc. that are the private companies involved in designing and building weapons.
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Re:Google helps Pentagon analyze military drone footage by gmueckl on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @06:24PM (#16533051)
Also, private companies are contracted for military services. Remember Blackwater?
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Re:Google helps Pentagon analyze military drone footage by kridsdale1 on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @06:22PM (#16533036)
Exactly. Those companies are civilian as google is. Lockheed is next door even! Google is part of the intelligence wing of the MIC. The only controversy is that some of the more Berkeley / Burning Man googlers are surprised to learn that.
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Re:Google helps Pentagon analyze military drone footage by creaghpatr on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @06:38PM (#16533144)
Actually a lot (or at least a not insignificant amount) of MICs are burners according to the book Stealing Fire
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