XPost: rec.aviation.military, alt.economics   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:43:36 -0800, a425couple   
    wrote:   
      
   >How quickly things change, entire new weapons systems   
   >effect defense and economy.   
   >Some teenagers go out and do things rather than complain   
   >about economy.   
   >Read about decade old Sci-Fi becoming reality at many   
   >citations, here are a few of many.   
   >   
   >Recent U.S. defense contracts have been awarded to companies founded by    
   >young adults, such as Mach Industries, which is developing a vertical    
   >takeoff cruise missile for the Army, and Neros, which secured a contract    
   >to produce military drones. These contracts highlight the growing role    
   >of young companies with expertise in drone technology within the defense    
   >sector, particularly as the military plans a significant ramp-up in its    
   >drone purchases.   
      
   Given their use in Ukraine, this is unavoidable. It is just one of   
   many lessons learned about large-scale ground combat (as opposed to   
   anti-partisan campaigns) with modern equipment.    
      
   A recent article in a military history magazine pointed out that,   
   while the use of trench lines in Ukraine is right out of WW I, the use   
   of drones is producing the pattern of unit dispersion advocated in the   
   80s for a NATO/USSR war in Europe featuring tactical nukes.   
      
   Anti-drone defenses are also being stimulated, IIRC.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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