From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:07:12 -0700, Don Y   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/30/2026 6:25 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   >> Don Y  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/27/2026 5:13 PM, bitrex wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/27/2026 5:55 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Suddenly, "players" without deep pockets can become significant   
   >>>>>> adversaries!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Players without deep pockets have proved significant adversaries (of   
   >>>>>> the US at least) for 70 damn years!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But the military doesn't learn!  (It seems to be part of their mindset.)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Note the Brits "learned" during the Revolutionary War 250 years ago...   
   >>>>> We have this belief that MORE technology is ALWAYS the solution   
   >>>>> ("We need drone jammers!!  That evolve to adapt to a rapidly   
   >>>>> evolving drone ecosystem...")   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Sounds like they've invented a very slow cruise missile which would have   
   >>>> difficulty penetrating mosquito netting   
   >>>   
   >>> "Enough" of anything (sticks and stones) can overwhelm any offense/defense.   
   >>   
   >> If you could attack tha biggest tank in the Russian arsenal with tiny   
   >> drones that hit it and exploded every few minutes, how long would it be   
   >> before the crew either surrendered, tried to escape and were hit or   
   >> simply went mad through lack of sleep?   
   >   
   >Why waste efforts on such targets?  Will ALL of the offenders "hide"   
   >in tanks?  FOREVER??  Are all of the support services similarly hiding   
   >in tanks?   
   >   
      
   Drones with thermal imagers can kill anything warmer than the snow.   
   Russians are freezing in their trenches and don't dare make a fire.   
      
      
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