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Re:Pentagon’s $55B mystery plane is secret, but debate on co... by ojbyrne on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:27AM (#9136653)
"Absurdly low cost" won't work with the giant welfare system that is the DoD.
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Re:Pentagon’s $55B mystery plane is secret, but debate on co... by sitkack on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:10AM (#9136789)
The OP is referring to real vs perceived (manufactured) threats, but you know that.
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Re:Pentagon’s $55B mystery plane is secret, but debate on co... by venomsnake on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:09AM (#9136785)
There are nations that have the outdated ideas of winning wars and not stimulating the economy ... for them the ideas of mass produced drones built at BOM, with some stolen IP from US are tempting.
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Re:Pentagon’s $55B mystery plane is secret, but debate on co... by hessenwolf on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @05:00AM (#9136947)
Wasn't war always about stealing people's stuff or preventing your stuff from being stolen? I mean, my country had independence wars every generation for 800 years, but they were all about not getting our potatoes robbed.
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