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Re:US Army applying new areas of math by paulddraper on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:11PM (#19458288)
You're talking to an audience that didn't see WWII, and mostly didn't see the Cold War.

The ugly truth is that there are plenty of bad guys or people who would be bad guys (some of them in the U.S. admittedly), and a lot of them won't stop without force or threat of force.

I know this isn't a universal opinion but I believe that smarter military technology has a better chance of ending/stopping/preventing war than starting it.

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Re:US Army applying new areas of math by colechristensen on Friday March 22, 2019 @01:00AM (#19459761)
Good vs. bad does not usually fit the narrative in war. WWI and earlier major wars are hard to figure who was the "bad guy". Many of them lack any clear moral authority and fit more as teams competing for resources.
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Re:US Army applying new areas of math by Razengan on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:23PM (#19459381)
> smarter military technology has a better chance of ending/stopping/preventing war

A global surveillance network and insect-sized drones that precisely assasinate "enemy" leaders.

Why bother with infantry and big guns etc.?

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Re:US Army applying new areas of math by drdeca on Friday March 22, 2019 @12:09AM (#19459538)
I think it is better for exercises of large power to be noticeable, because if it can be noticed, then there is at least some hope that misuse could be opposed.
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