From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 1/30/2026 12:23 PM, wmartin wrote:   
   > On 1/30/26 05:25, 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?   
   >   
   > one Javelin is enough to do the job. Several dead tanks can attest to that.   
      
   Imagine a GAU8 in an unmanned drone...     
      
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