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Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
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Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#12i wish i was a US Citizen so I could work on things like this. I assume you'd need TS-SCI....
If you are smart enough to work on projects like that you should be putting your efforts to the benefits of humanity, not helping regimes build weapons of mass destruction. We need to end this madness we call the "arms race". This threat is greater than global warming.
Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#13i wish i was a US Citizen so I could work on things like this. I assume you'd need TS-SCI....
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Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#14i wish i was a US Citizen so I could work on things like this. I assume you'd need TS-SCI....
If you are smart enough to work on projects like that you should be putting your efforts to the benefits of humanity, not helping regimes build weapons of mass destruction. We need to end this madness we call the "arms race". This threat is greater than global warming.
The arms race was the main driver of progress in the 20th century, with countless civilian applications, including the Internet. We could use a good old fashioned arms race nowadays. It creates demand for top notch science and engineering like nothing else.
And you could argue this benefits humanity, too, even besides the technology transfer. There hasn't been a world war since 1945, and the only real reason for that is that it would end really badly for everyone involved.
Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#15Cool, more ways to kill eachother. Woo.
That's why we should always be asking our elected officials, why continue the madness?
> That's why we should always be asking our elected officials, why continue the madness?
Allowing one's arsenal to slowly become obsolete is akin to disarmament, and unilateral disarmament isn't wise if one values their independence.
Similar weapons are being deployed by the US's military rivals:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-ZF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avangard_(hypersonic_glide_veh...
This particular madness will continue until all major powers come to some measure of political unity. A helpful first step would be for all of them to have elected officials.
Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#16i wish i was a US Citizen so I could work on things like this. I assume you'd need TS-SCI....
If you are smart enough to work on projects like that you should be putting your efforts to the benefits of humanity, not helping regimes build weapons of mass destruction. We need to end this madness we call the "arms race". This threat is greater than global warming.
Those who do not live by the sword can still die by it.
Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you are smart enough to work on projects like that you should be putting your efforts to the benefits of humanity, not helping regimes build weapons of mass destruction. We need to end this madness we call the "arms race". This threat is greater than global warming.
Those who do not live by the sword can still die by it.
This is stupid. of course you can die, that’s no excuse for giving up on human values.
Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you are smart enough to work on projects like that you should be putting your efforts to the benefits of humanity, not helping regimes build weapons of mass destruction. We need to end this madness we call the "arms race". This threat is greater than global warming.
The arms race was the main driver of progress in the 20th century, with countless civilian applications, including the Internet. We could use a good old fashioned arms race nowadays. It creates demand for top notch science and engineering like nothing else. And you could argue this benefits humanity, too, even besides the technology transfer. There hasn't been a world war since 1945, and the only real reason for that…
Or we could spend a lot of money on technology which is actually serving the public good
Re: Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you are smart enough to work on projects like that you should be putting your efforts to the benefits of humanity, not helping regimes build weapons of mass destruction. We need to end this madness we call the "arms race". This threat is greater than global warming.
The arms race was the main driver of progress in the 20th century, with countless civilian applications, including the Internet. We could use a good old fashioned arms race nowadays. It creates demand for top notch science and engineering like nothing else. And you could argue this benefits humanity, too, even besides the technology transfer. There hasn't been a world war since 1945, and the only real reason for that…
Imagine how much we could have progressed if we just focused on progress rather than acquiring power through intimidation in some artificial zero sum game.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those who do not live by the sword can still die by it.
This is stupid. of course you can die, that’s no excuse for giving up on human values.
Not necessarily. Nuclear weapons have thus far arguably been the single greatest global stabilizer of all time.