throwaaaway1231

Heh, can you say more about it?

That is true. I am military and I work in a true military lab, so I probably have a different perspective

You say he is joking, but that person does know. I work at a research lab and at our yearly reviews, we have to day how our work directly contributes to a war fighting capacity. If that person thinks they do not contribute they are very seriously naïve or they are filling themselves.

Military labs do not try to make euphemisms for what they do, they want to make sure they directly contribute to a war fighting capability.

Everyone does, we know.

I spent two years of my life working on a technology I really hope is never used.

I think it's very hard to think about making a technology you know is to killing someone. But at the same time, you know it is necessary. You really wish the world you live in would mean there's no reason to. But that isn't the world you live in.

As someone who also is a military researcher, I may be able to help. I have worked on things that if the USA went to war, I know that I have directly contributed to that war.

I truly hate that my research will contribute to killing. I wish that it wasn't necessary. But as events like Crimea annexation and the South China Sea shows, if the USA is not there, then other nations are very happy to use their might to boss others around. I truly do think the USA is a force for good, and I want that to be there for my following generations.