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Re:The US Army spent millions developing giant, six-legged w... by d2v on Monday September 07, 2020 @05:52PM (#24403259)
Couldn't we use that money to create jobs that have a more meaningful impact on people's day to day? Invest in alternative energy, fixing our infrastructure, improving public transit, etc... Put that investment in technology into technology that is more productive instead of the nth iteration of some piece of military technology that we'll never use.

I want that sweet high-speed rail, baby!

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Re:The US Army spent millions developing giant, six-legged w... by andrewflnr on Monday September 07, 2020 @10:37PM (#24404757)
That would cool, but it would be a multi-year, probably multi-decade process. Not overnight.
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