"Don't be evil" and then helps the Military Industrial Complex create ever more efficient killing machines for money.
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Military Drone Project
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#92After watching 1000's of Ukrainian drone videos, it's absolutely terrifying for the foot soldier these days. You almost stand zero chance and as for vehicles, it can seriously impact their usefulness. APC's,Tanks become scrap metal from a $500 drone carrying a shaped charge. The US has always depended on air superiority to fight its wars, they are completely unprepared for what facing an enemy with superior air defen…
Thing is, the US isn't going to attack (with ground forces) until they've thoroughly destroy the enemy with a "superior air defense." Take a look at how the US handled Desert Storm. Over 100K sorties simply leveling anything slightly threatening. Now most militaries can't fight this way, they simply don't have the resources. But the US spends $800B annually on its military.
Iraq was using an air defense system from 1970(it was already outdated). They had no modern air defense or air force during the gulf war. If they had modern air defense they would have brought down a lot of US Aircraft.
The USA has never fought an adversary that possessed a modern Air Defense System.
Even today the Israeli Military has to coordinate with Russia to not get shot down over Syria by Russian S300 and possibly S400 Missile Systems.
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I'm curious as to what you found meaningful working for the defence industry ? Genuine question. I am asking because to me it does not seem like "defence" whatsoever.
Things that I have worked on will save lives in a future conflict. Being former military, I'd like my buddies to make it home safe.
> I'd like my buddies to make it home safe.
To make it home safe from some random overseas country the US decided it has interests in. Got it
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Back in the real world, the Russians have lost over 5000 MBTs and similar numbers of AFVs. You have to remember that Ukraine was provided with this gear with minimal training. It's easy to pick out small issues, (yes the Panzerhaubitze is a bit of a sensitive system to operate), but the majority of NATO gear provides better protection, and is more effective assuming the equipment is supported and maintained properly.…
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No use, because it's complicated when propaganda-influenced talk is taking over talk based on the direct experience of real war, this is why I made my initial comment that both the Russians and the Ukrainians are now more experienced and can produce better drone-related materiel than the Western armies, but then someone responded with some propaganda piece about those funny cardboard-made drones (which never saw real combat).
It's less funny and more tragic that the Ukrainian soldiers themselves have come out and said that this type of discourse ("Western weapons are the best! Russians weapons are the worse!") does not help them at all on the front-lines, to the contrary, it makes them a lot more vulnerable and with bigger chances to, well, die.
Re: Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Military Drone Project
#95I worked for a few years in defense and it was the most meaningful work of my career so far but it is painfully slow and entrenched. There is massive opportunity for innovation. I hope he can move the needle- he was on the Defense Innovation Board a while back so he knows.
I'm curious as to what you found meaningful working for the defence industry ? Genuine question. I am asking because to me it does not seem like "defence" whatsoever.
This comment appears insincere in the context of your additional comments. Please keep the conversation civil.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Things that I have worked on will save lives in a future conflict. Being former military, I'd like my buddies to make it home safe.
> I'd like my buddies to make it home safe. To make it home safe from some random overseas country the US decided it has interests in. Got it
I wouldn't call it random and Americans aren't the only ones who use things that I've worked on.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thing is, the US isn't going to attack (with ground forces) until they've thoroughly destroy the enemy with a "superior air defense." Take a look at how the US handled Desert Storm. Over 100K sorties simply leveling anything slightly threatening. Now most militaries can't fight this way, they simply don't have the resources. But the US spends $800B annually on its military.
Iraq was using an air defense system from 1970(it was already outdated). They had no modern air defense or air force during the gulf war. If they had modern air defense they would have brought down a lot of US Aircraft. The USA has never fought an adversary that possessed a modern Air Defense System. Even today the Israeli Military has to coordinate with Russia to not get shot down over Syria by Russian S300 and poss…
They had an integrated AD system with centralized control through command centers connected via fiber optical cables. The French had helped them design this system. Their AD was quite extensive with French supplied ROLAND, as well as contemporary Soviet equipment. Their air force had MiG-29, MiG-25, Mirage F-1, all in large numbers. This was not a pushover military by any means, but they were simply outclassed by a USAF operating at its peak.
And when the US was fighting in Vietnam, the Vietnamese arguably had one of the best AD systems that was highly effective. The Soviets spared no expense in supplying (and often manning) their IAD.
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They have not been sufficiently trained to man and maintain modern NATO equipment built for a different purpose: combined arms operations. Old Leopard 1 tanks would have been a better choice than Leopard 2. This is a war that could be won with lots of artillery shells, combined with targeting computers and drone surveillance, highly mobile artillery.
not been sufficiently trained FTA: In Mali they discovered a 10x breakdown rate compared to home in Germany. And that wasn’t even war. Also, they lack spare parts. The beauty of just-in-time logistics. Read up on how much of a typical NATO army is operational at a given (peace) time. '91 was a long time ago. Old Leopard 1 tanks would have been a better choice There goes “crew survived”. built for a different purpose:…
I'm not sure the issues with Leopard 2 tanks is indicative of quality, or more a reflection of how shallow the German military has become. And I agree with you that Leo 1 tanks aren't suitable. They have nice fire control systems, and good mobility, but their armor protection is terrible.
The war in Ukraine is showing that the West is woefully unprepared for a major conflict. We saw signs of this with NATO air forces running short of PGMs during the Libya intervention.
Shells won't be a problem in a year or so, and worldwide there's enough production to move enough to Ukraine if the political will is there. But Western defense contractors have been starved for so many years that expanding production won't occur rapidly. Look at the backlog for F-16s.
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#99After watching 1000's of Ukrainian drone videos, it's absolutely terrifying for the foot soldier these days. You almost stand zero chance and as for vehicles, it can seriously impact their usefulness. APC's,Tanks become scrap metal from a $500 drone carrying a shaped charge. The US has always depended on air superiority to fight its wars, they are completely unprepared for what facing an enemy with superior air defen…
I saw footage from a drone's body heat cam approaching a Russian trench. One of these blurry red shapes put a gun to his head and beat the drone to what was inevitable. They hear it coming and know it's over. Another piece of footage was even worse. A kamikaze drone isolated a soldier and was intentionally taunting the soldier by flying at it, pulling back, flying at it again. Like a wasp. The ending is predictable.…
Where do you find the really funny ones?
Re: Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Military Drone Project
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He's diddling the CEO of his main investment; Michelle Ritter of Steel Perlot. He's a fucking creep who got lucky and was in the right place at the right time, just like most tech oligarchs we all bow to, like Musk, Larry and Sergey, Zuckerberg, or Dorsey. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm...
FTFY: He's rumoured to be lover of Michelle Ritter of Steel Perlot. Steel Perlot is apparently his main investment. Scnmidt may have been lucky enough to "be in the right place at the right time". Time will tell. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm ... Shorter, factual, and easily as informative but without slurs.
It's not rumored.