US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward orbital record

Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by BurningFrog on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:28PM (#31914441)

> ...things that will hopefully never be used, and if they are, for death.

This is a deep and important misunderstanding of weapons.

According to this argument, the uncountable trillions spent of the US nuclear arsenal was wasted, since it was never used.

In reality the main use for most weapons is deterrent!! If you have enough weapons standing around, you can avoid war, and the weapons have produced life!

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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by adhesive_wombat on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:33PM (#31914481)

Indeed, which is why it can't happen. But if you didn't need the deterrent, what then? That's the hypothetical (note "on all sides"), not sack in military spending unilaterally and hope for the best.

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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by WillPostForFood on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:21PM (#31914893)

Until human nature changes you always need a deterrent.

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