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Re:White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology rese... by briandear on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:04PM (#17526680)
I would say the DoD is very effective. When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil? 1941? What about Europe? When was the last time a European country was attacked? March 2014.

Now “effectively is not the same as “efficient.” DoD and pretty much every single other large government agency could be considered very inefficient. But ineffective? Not at all.

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Re:White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology rese... by Iwan-Zotow on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:36PM (#17526925)
> When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil?

9/11

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Re:White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology rese... by dragonwriter on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:57AM (#17528897)
> When was the last time the US was attacked by another country on our home soil?

The peak of the most recent foreign military offensive against the US was in 2016; the operation was quite successful in achieving the war aims, is the single most successful military operation ever conducted against the US, and is now in the exploitation phase.

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